Environmental Geology and Sustainability : Risk Mitigation in Urban Areas (Hardcover)

1. Introduction and Overview.? Part 1: Fundamentals of Environmental Geology.? 2. Introduction to Natural Earth Processes and Human Development.? 3.?General Geology of Urban Regions.? 4.?Water and the Hydrogeology of Urban Regions.? 5.?Geologic and Environmental Hazards.? Part 2:?Anthropogenic-Induced Environmental Hazards and Risks.??6.?Anthropogenic-Induced Hazards.? 7.?Natural Resource Exploitation.? 8.?The Science of Chemical Contaminants and Pollution.? 9.?Invasive and Endangered Species and Extinction.? 10.?Assessing Global Anthropogenic Impacts.??Part 3:?Risk Mitigation Methods and Sustainability Measures.? 11.?Risk Mitigation Methods and Sustainability.? 12.?Geologic Investigations in Urban Areas.? 13.?Geologic Sensitivity Maps of Urban Areas.? 14.??Improved and New Environmental Regulations.? 15. Global Sustainability Actions.? 16.?Risk Evaluation, Building a Sustainability Model, and Mitigation Alternatives.