Environmental Geology and Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Humans are consciously, or even more unconsciously, drastically changing the earth's surface and biosphere. The increasingly important role of human intelligence and technical talents in shaping their own future and environment has grown into a powerful geological force. In the process of social production practice, scientists have gradually realized that there is a close interaction and influence relationship between the evolution of the natural geological environment, human engineering and economic activities, human society and human survival environment. Many environmental geological phenomena and problems necessitate increasingly detailed exploration and research by scientists. The impact of human engineering and economic activities on the environment is significant, particularly the negative environmental effects caused by irrational human exploitation of the natural geological environment. For example, the development of solid mineral resources, extraction of underground liquid resources, land desertification, soil salinization, garbage and nuclear waste stacking, tailings dams and other environmental geological problems are becoming increasingly prominent. This topic primarily focuses on the subject of the coordinated development of humans and the earth, paying attention to the significant impact of engineering activities on the geological environment system, the impact of the frequency and intensity of human engineering activities on the geological environment and the evolution law, and then exploring the evolution rate and trend of the geological environment of the geodynamic system, which will provide scientific support for the strategic decision-making of global human engineering activities, economic development and ecological environment optimization and macro-coordination.

Dr. Chen Cao
Prof. Dr. Wen Zhang
Prof. Dr. Jie Dou
Prof. Dr. Peihua Xu
Topic Editors