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	Quick Search Author Title Abstract Nr. Schedule Nr. Natural Hazards Meteorological Hazards Hydrological Hazards Landslide Hazards Earthquake Hazards Volcanic Hazards Sea and Ocean Hazards Snow Avalanches and other Glacial hazards Other Hazards (e.g. karst topography, heavy-metal contamination, asteroid impacts, ...) Multidisciplinary Approaches for Risk Assessment, Mapping, Disaster Management & Mitigation Strategies Historical Information, Databases and Dating Techniques for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment New Technologies for Natural Hazards and Risk Assessment Programme Groups Great Debates Union Symposia Educational Symposia Atmospheric Sciences Biogeosciences Climate: Past, Present, Future Cryospheric Sciences Energy, Resources and the Environment Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Geodesy Geodynamics Geomorphology Geophysical Instrumentation Hydrological Sciences Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics & Geomaterials Natural Hazards Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Ocean Sciences Planetary and Solar System Sciences Seismology Soil System Sciences Solar-Terrestrial Sciences Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology Tectonics and Structural Geology Medal Lectures Key Note Lectures Key Note Sessions Division Business Meetings Editorial Board Meetings Townhall Meetings Splinter Meetings Union Meetings   Information - NH8.04 Human-Induced Geohazards: Observations, Analyses, Predictions and Recommendations Event Information The human society causes enduring effects on the geological environment. The influences were minor or negligible when the technical possibilities of the society were limited, but substantially increased with the technical advances of our civilization. The human-induced effects on the geological environment can be both positive and negative. The human-induced activities in the geoenvironment causing potentially negative or hazardous effects will be predominantly discussed. Human-induced geoprocesses causing hazardous effects in the geoenvironment are various. Even though, they can be affecting directly only one geosphere (atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere) or they might be influencing other geospheres as well. In the biggest part of cases the hazardous effects cannot be isolated to one geosphere. In the lithosphere, human-induced geohazards are affecting seismic manifestations, slope processes, land subsidence, karst development, rock weathering, soil erosion, etc. Human-induced geoprocesses are also influencing the water cycle, surface and subsurface water flow, infiltration, aquifer recharges, etc. The geohazards could be especially complicated to analyze when there is a combination of natural and human-induced effects. The human-induced geohazards are created in both peacetime and wartime periods. Current large-scale human-induced activities in the geoenvironment require detailed scientific studies. The topics of the presented papers should be related but not limited to advanced techniques for observation and investigation of geohazards, methodologies for data analyses and interpretations, as well as predictions and recommendations related to human-induced geohazards. Applying our scientific capabilities, we should contribute for the mitigation of the human-induced geohazards, and the impact related to the legislation. Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers Co-Sponsorship General Statement The information contained hereafter has been compiled and uploaded by the Session Organizers via the "Organizer Session Form". The Session Organizers have therefore the sole responsibility that this information is true and accurate at the date of publication, and the conference organizer cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made, and he makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with regard to the material published. Back to Session Programme

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