Description: I. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY: Environmental Concerns as Seen from a Geologic Perspective. 1. Environmental Geology And Environmental Decisions. II. LIVING DANGEROUSLY: Geologic Events and Processes Affecting Human Society. 2. Natural Hazards. 3. Volcanic Hazard. 4. Earthquake Hazards. 5. Landslide Hazards. 6. Subsidence And Uplift. 7. River Flood Hazards. 8. Coastal Flood And Storm Hazards. III. NATURAL RESOURCES: The Transformation of Natural Materials and Systems for Human Use. 9. SoilsResources And Problems. 10. Water Resources. 11. Energy And Mineral Resources. 12. Coastal ResourcesPotential And Constraints. 13. Contamination Of Soil, Sediment, And Water. 14. The Atmosphere, Oceans, and Global Change. 15. Environmental Geology and Environmental Risk. Appendix 1: Plate Tectonics And Sea-Floor Spreading: The Geologic Framework of Volcanic And Earthquake Hazards. Appendix 2: Case Study Maps and Conversion Tables. Index.

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