1st Edition
Environmental Geology and Sustainability Risk Mitigation in Urban Areas
1. Introduction and Overview. Part I: Fundamentals of Environmental Geology. 2. Introduction to Natural Earth Processes and Human Development. 3. General Geology of Urban Regions. 4. Water and the Hydrogeology of Urban Regions. 5. Geologic and Environmental Hazards. Part II: Anthropogenic-Induced Environmental Hazards and Risks. 6. Anthropogenic-Induced Hazards. 7. Natural Resource Exploitation. 8. The Science of Chemical Contaminants and Pollution. 9. Invasive and Endangered Species and Extinction. 10. Assessing Global Anthropogenic Impacts. Part III: Risk Mitigation Methods and Sustainability Measures. 11. Risk Mitigation Methods and Sustainability. 12. Geologic Investigations in Urban Areas. 13. Geologic Sensitivity Maps of Urban Areas. 14. Improved and New Environmental Regulations. 15. Global Sustainability Actions. 16. Risk Evaluation, Building a Sustainability Model, and Mitigation Alternatives.
Biography
Daniel T. Rogers is Director of Environmental Affairs at Amsted Industries Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Rogers participates in environmental due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, investigation, and remediation of contamination, creating and evaluating environmental compliance and sustainability programs, and providing environmental advice, oversight, training, and negotiation strategies at various levels within the organization. Mr. Rogers has published over 100 research papers in professional and academic publications and peer-reviewed journals on subjects including environmental geology, hydrogeology, geologic vulnerability and mapping, contaminant fate and transport, urban geology, environmental site investigations, contaminant risk, brownfield re-development, remediation, pollution prevention, environmental compliance and management, and sustainable development. He has authored several books, handbooks, and textbooks with CRC Press. He has taught geology and environmental chemistry at Eastern Michigan University and The University of Michigan and has presented guest lectures at several colleges and universities both in the United States and internationally.
