Karst Hydrogeology and Human Activities: Impacts, Consequences and Implications

Dr David Drew is a senior lecturer at the Department of Geography, Trinity College, Dublin. His research interests include: geomorphology and hydrology of limestone terrains; general groundwater and surface water hydrology; environmental archaeology and soils in karstic areas; special interest in the Burren and the lowland karsts of western Ireland and in karst areas of the Mediterranean and Tropics. Dr Heinz Hötzl is lecturer in Hydrogeology at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. His research interests include: hydrogeology, especially of Karst and fractured rock aquifers, tracer hydrology, groundwater management and groundwater protection, contaminant transport in the groundwater and groundwater remediation.

1 Introduction

2 The Historical Perspective

3 Introduction and Overview of Human Impacts

Part 2. The Nature of Human Impacts on Karst Waters

4 Agriculturally Induced Impacts

5 Industrial and Urban Produced Impacts

6 Extractive Industries Impact

7 Karst Water Exploitation

Part 3. Implications and Conclusions

8 Karst Water Exploitation

9 Conservation of Karst Terrains and Karst Waters: The Future