Karst Management

By Philip E. van Beynen

Book Overview

1. Introduction

Section 1: Management of Surface Karst

2. Engineering Issues on Karst

3. Karst Management

4. Experience in Collapse Risk Assessment of Building on Covered Karst Landscapes in Russia

5. Agriculture and Karst

Section 2: Management of Subterranean Karst

6. Management of Caves

7. Some Consideration on Show Cave Management Issues in Southern Italy

8. Geoarchaeology and Karst: A New Perspective

9. Managing Macrobiota in Caves

10. Managing Microbial Communities in Caves

Section 3: Management of Karst Aquifers

11. Management of Carobante Aquifers

12. Management of Karst Groundwater Resources

13. Management of Groundwater Species in Karst Environments

Section 4: Management of Karst Regions as Integrated Units

14. National Karst Research Institutes: Their Roles in Cave and Karst Management

15. Using Public Policy to Affect Human Behaviour on Karst Landscapes in the United States

16. Karst and Sustainability

17. Human Disturbances of Karst Environments

18. The Cockpit Country, Jamaica: Boundary Issues in Assessing Disturbance and Using a Karst Disturbance Index in Protected Areas Planning

19. Expanding South Nahanni National Park, Northwest Territories, Canada, to Include and Manage Some Remarable Sub-arctic Karst Terrains

20. Protection of Karst Landscapes in the Developing World: Lessons from Central America, the Caribbean and Southeast Asia

21. Karst in UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401783934
• ISBN13: 9789401783934
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 489 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"