Deposit and Geoenvironmental Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security
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Book Review Deposit and Geoenvironmental Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security By Andrea G. Fabbri, Gabor Ga´al, and Richard B. McCammon (Editors) Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2002, 532 pp. +CD-Rom, $231.00, ISBN 1-4020-0989-5 hardbound. This book is the 80th volume of the well-known NATO Science Series, formerly NATO ASI Series. The NATO Science Series frequently publishes results from workshops or scientific meetings sponsored by the NATO Science Committee. Volume 80 contains edited papers from the NATO Advanced Study Institute on “Deposit and Geoenvironmental Deposit Models for Resource Exploitation and Environmental Security” held in September 1998 in Hungary. Altogether, 31 papers are presented in this volume which makes it a comprehensive summary for this field of research. The editors have partitioned the contents into seven parts. Part 1 is on Geoenvironmental Deposit Models. The aim of this introductory paper is to provide a conceptual basis for the entire volume and to give an overview of the present state of development in geoenvironmental modelling. Part 2 is devoted to methods and techniques of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). There are four contributions in Part 2: on the application of remote sensing data, on photoeconometrics, on multiple data layer modelling, and on the use of spatial prediction models. Part 3 consists of five papers on Resource Assessment and Management. In Part 3, the papers cover a great variety of different topics, beginning with an overview of mineral-deposit models, followed by case studies on resource planning, environmental impact, and mineral-resource assessment. Part 4 is on Resource Policies and Sustainable Development with altogether five contributions. The main focus of this part is on decision making processes and resource management. There is also one paper on hierarchical modelling of resource management which is in my opinion the most complete paper on modelling in this volume. Part 5 includes four case studies on several topics using the methods introduced earlier in the book. There is one paper on the application of spatial data analysis, two on environmental impact studies, and one on the protection of groundwater resources. Part 6 contains other selected contributions. In this part, there are seven papers concerned with several aspects of geoenvironmental 321 C 2005 International Association for Mathematical Geology 0882-8121/05/0400-0321/1
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assessments, impact studies, modelling, and spatial analyses. In Part 7, the reports of five working groups, formed from the participants of this school, are summarized. The working groups discussed major points related to the main topics of the book. Most of the reports are short and informative, but I missed key conclusions and ideas for future research in these areas. Most of the contributions presented in this book are novel, comprehensive, clearly written, and of good quality. Each part of the book is introduced separat
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