ГЕОЭКОЛОГИЯ


ИНЖЕНЕРНАЯ ГЕОЛОГИЯ. ГИДРОГЕОЛОГИЯ. ГЕОКРИОЛОГИЯ

Geoekologiya, 2022, Vol. 1, P. 3-12

THE GROWING HAZARD OF HUMAN-INDUCED CHANGES IN GEOENVIRONMENT AND WAYS TO SOLVE IT 

V. V. Funikova1,*, I. V. Dudler2,**

1Geological Faculty, Lomonosov Moscow State University,
Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119234 Russia

2Scientific Council RAS on the problems in environmental geoscience, engineering geology and hydrogeology, Ulanskii per., 13, str. 2, Moscow,101000 Russia

*E-mail: funikova@geol.msu.ru 
**E-mail: div-33@yandex.ru

 

The global problem of the technogenic era on the Earth was noted at the beginning of the twentieth century, and from the middle of the last century, according to a number of scientists, humankind entered a new geological era - the Anthropocene. The purpose of this work is a conceptual formulation of the problem of the growing danger of technogenic changes in the geological environment. Based on the results of analytical studies and generalizations of published materials by Russian and foreign authors, a general description of the problem of technogenic changes in the geological environment is given. The priority important aspects of these changes are indicated as well as the patterns of some phenomena identified by the authors, including an increase in the rate of surface subsidence in megacities and large cities with time. The relevance of introducing the concepts of maximum permissible loads and impacts on the geological environment and categories of its technogenic changes, compiling maps of the vulnerability of the geological environment to technogenic impacts and maps of the risk of its technogenic changes is emphasized. The ways to solve the problem under consideration are listed, the main of which are the implementation of a systematic approach to the study of this problem; development of criteria for maximum permissible impacts on the geological environment and the selection of categories of its technogenic changes; arrangement of research at the regional and federal levels; creation of the Center for Monitoring the Geological Environment to coordinate work on a systematic approach to the study of its technogenic changes; preparation of proposals for the legislative consolidation of the provision on the prevention of man-made loads and impacts on the geological environment that exceed permissible limits.

Key words: geological environment, human-induced changes, nature and scale of hazard, solutions to the problem

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