Crosses disciplines and integrates different areas of science into a resource for environmental scientists working in the multidisciplinary areas including water and resource management

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Geological Environment as a Basement for the Formation of Ecosystems.- Contemporary Conceptions of the Geological Environment: Basic Features, Structure and System of Links.- The Geological Environment and Ecosystems.- Influence of Modern Geological Processes on Evolution of Ecosystems.- Geological and Geochemical Influences on Estuarine Ecosystems.- The Role of Tectonic Processes in the Interaction Between Geology and Ecosystems.- Karst and Ecosystems.- Environmental Impacts of the Extractive Industries.- Geoenvironmental Problems of Mineral Resources Development.- Groundwater as a Component of the Environment.- Groundwater Use and Public Health.- Methods of Groundwater Pollution Risk Estimation for Ecosystem Sustainability.- Anthropogenic Development, Geology and Ecosystems.- Urbanisation and the Geoenvironment.- Assessment of Effects of Discharged Waters Upon Ecosystems.- Impact of Technogenic Disasters on Ecogeological Processes.- Exogenic Geological Processes As a Landform-Shaping Factor.- Environmental Aspects of Groundwater Pollution.- Medical Problems Related to Geology and Ecosystem Interaction.- Human Health and Ecosystems.- Medical and Ecological Significance of the Water Factor.- Prediction of the Geoenvironmental Evolution of Ecosystems.- Prediction of Exogenic Geological Processes.- Prediction of Endogenic Geological Processes.- Mathematical Models of the Interaction Between the Geological and Ecological Environment.- The Influence of Climate Change on Geology and Ecosystems Interaction.- Newest Ecogeological Processes Within River Basins.- Ecosystem Monitoring under Desertification within Interior Sea-Lakes and Deltas.- Ecosystems Forming on the Fresh River Deposition.- Main Directions for Ecogeological Studies.- Ecogeological Mapping.- Monitoring Geological Processes as Part of General Environment Monitoring.- Geology and High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal - a Brief Overview.- Monitoring Endogenic Geological Processes.- Permafrost Monitoring.- Ecological Education of Geology Students.