Karst Management
Focusing specifically on the management of karst environments, this volume draws together the world’s leading karst experts to provide a vital source for the study and management of this unique physical setting. Although karst landscapes cover 12% of the
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Philip E. van Beynen Editor
Karst Management
Editor Philip E. van Beynen Department of Geography Environment and Planning University of South Florida Tampa, Florida USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-94-007-1206-5 e-ISBN 978-94-007-1207-2 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1207-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011931896 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover illustration: A sinkhole covers a street intersection downtown Guatemala City, Wednesday June 2, 2010. Authorities blamed heavy rains caused by tropical storm Agatha as the cause of the crater that swallowed a three-story building but now say they will be conducting further studies to determine the cause. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) (100602043877) Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Acknowledgments
The production of this book has been 2 years in the making and has been a rewarding experience. It would not have come to fruition without the contributors listed below, who spared their busy schedules to produce the chapters for this book. Consequently, I am greatly indebted to Michel Bakalowicz, Barry Beck, Robert Brinkmann, Catherine Coxon, Michael Day, Erik Spencer Fleury, Daniel Fong, Derek Ford, Sandra Jo Garren, David Gillieson, William Humphreys, Mikhail Leonenko, Petar Milanovic, Diana Northup, Mario Parise, Philip Reeder, Vladimir Tolmachev, Kaya van Beynen, George Veni, Paul Williams, Stephen Worthington and Wanfang Zhou. It has been a pleasure to work with you over this time and I hope to do again in the near future. In addition, each chapter was improved through the diligent efforts of the reviewers who provided thorough and timely reviews. Hence, I would like to thank Calvin Alexander and his karst class, Patricia Beddows, Guy Beresford, Andrew Boulton, Doug Boyer, Bob Brinkmann, Mick Day, Jo de Waele, Yongli Gao, Alexandra Gemitzi, Tobias Geyer, David Gillieson, Paul Griffths, Francisco Gutiérrez, Elery Hamiton Smith, Andrej Kranjc, Alexander Klimchouk, Bogdan Onac, Armstrong Osborne, Mario Parise, Natasa Ravbar, Steffi Schwabe, Pat Seiser, Chris Siart, Matt Struebig, Arzyana Sunkar, Kaya van Beynen, Tony Waltham, Christian Wells, Carol Wicks, Paul Wood, Charles Yonge, Wanfang Zhou and Ed Zisman. I would like to thank the editorial staff at Springer Publishing: Editor Robert Doe for accepting the proposal for this book, Robert van Gameren and Nina Bennink for their kind and helpful assistance. You all have been a pleasure to work with during this process, enduring my many questions and making the submission of
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