Urban geology : process-oriented concepts for adaptive and integrated resource management

Urban subsurface resources and especially urban groundwater bodies are particularly vulnerable to environmental impacts and their rational management is of major importance. This book reflects the experience of the authors, working in a multidisciplinary team of specialists and scientists on urban geosciences including geology, hydrogeology, hydrogeophysics, river-ecology and on research projects at the Basel University. Beside the academic activities, the Applied and Environmental Geology (AUG) is in charge of the geologial survey of the Cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel Landschaft. Modern quantitative earth-sciences can contribute significantly in finding solutions concerning the sustainable use or subsurface resources in urban environments. The approaches we present in this book are mainly problem oriented. This includes the cooperation of specialists from several universities and institutions with different background worldwide to find solutions to specific problems related to urban environmental questions. Hydrogeologie der Nordwestschweiz, Grundwasser