Course 1 Environmental Geology Resumeweeks123 S2

Geological Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Dr.rer.nat Doni Prakasa Eka Putra

Population & Consumption

Human population growth exacerbates all
environmental problems
The growth rate has slowed, but we still add more than
200,000 people to the planet each day
( ~ 70millon/yr )
Our consumption of resources has risen even faster
than our population growth.
Life has become more pleasant for us so far
However, rising consumption amplifies the demands we
make on our environment.
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Challenge of the Future
- Food
- Water
- Natural Resources & Energy
Renewable resources:
Perpetually available: sunlight, wind, wave energy
Renew themselves over short periods: timber, water, soil
These can be destroyed
Nonrenewable resources: can be depleted - Oil, coal,
minerals
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We face challenges in pollution: Air and Water

NONPOINT SOURCES
Rural homes
Urban streets Cropland

Animal feedlot
Suburb POIN
an T Factory
develo SOU
pment Waste RCE
water S
treatme
nt plant
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
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Case History: Easter Island

A small volcanic island with a subtropical climate
By the 16th century, a thriving society with
15,00030,000 people
Europeans reached there in 17th century, only
2000 people struggling in a degraded
environment
Reasons for collapsed society: overpopulated,
deforestation, soil erosion, loss of agricultural
base, further conflicts and wars, geographic
isolation, and geologic limitations
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Its Our Shared Earth;

How do We Preserve it?
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Earth Environment (1)

James Hutton (1785): Earth as a
superorganism
James Lovelock: Gaia hypothesis

Earth is an organism
Life significantly affects the Earths
environment
Life modifies the environment for the
betterment of life
Life deliberately or consciously controls the
global environment
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Earth Environment (2)

Earth: Dynamic, alive, and complex
Everything alive: With a beginning and an end
Earth environment as a total, as a whole
Prolong Earths sustainable healthy life

Environment monitoring
Environment problemsmapping and
analysis
Environment problem prevention and
protection 9
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS:
development that meets the needs of the present

without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
Sustainable Development
To guide planners, developers to recognize

constraints on development - and opportunities for
sustainable development
factors include: hazards, resources and conservation
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Sustainability (1)
Sustainability
An evolving concept
Expectation and reality
Criteria variations in space and over time
Long-term implications
Requiring careful resources allocation, large-
scale development of new tech for resource use,
recycling, and waste disposal
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Sustainability (2)
Measuring sustainability
Use and consumption of resources
Replenishment and renewable rates
Development and improvement of human

environment vs. viable environment
Not lead to environmental crisis

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NATURAL RESOURCES
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The Big Meeting

1992EARTH SUMMIT
THE
The Earth Summit
Stockholm Declaration 1972 human right on life in the
environment
Rio Declaration (1992) on Environment and Development
concept of sustainable development
Agenda 21 protection and management of
environment
Kyoto Protocols United Nations Framework
Convention On Climate Change
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Environmental Laws
Globalization of the Natural Environment Concerns
Use of natural resources

Globalization of disease
Natural disasters How we acts?
Growing population
Growing consumption
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The Fundamental Principles of International Environmental Laws
Some fundamental principles are classified as:

1. State sovereignity
2. Cooperation
3. Preservation and protection of the environment
4. Prevention
5. Precautionary principles
6. The polluter pays principle
7. Sustainable development
8. Intergenerational equity and responsibility
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Environmental Geology
Geologic aspect in every environmental

condition
Environmental geology: Applied geology

To better understand environmental
problems
Geologic knowledge for problem solving
Optimize the use of resources to maximize
environmental benefits for the society
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What is Environmental Geology?
Environmental geology is the

application of geologic information
to the entire spectrum of
interactions between people and
their physical environment.
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Environmental Geology
Environmental Sciences:
How we influence the earth
Geological Resources
Geologic Hazards:
How geology influences us
Geological Hazards
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How we influence the earth
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The ecological footprint

The total area of land & water
needed to produce the resource a
person uses, plus the total amount of
land and water area needed to
dispose of its waste (ha).
~ measure of resource and waste a 2.23 ha World Ave.

person needed for its life style. 9.6 USA
Higher in developed societies/nations 0.6 Rwanda
We are using 30% more (overshoot) of the planets resources than are available on a
sustainable basis!
(1 ha = 2.47 acre = 108,000 ft2)
(cf. Area of this room = 36ft x 30ft ~ 950ft2)
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Geologic Resources
Mineral Resources:
metals, fertilizers, minerals,
petroleum, construction
Source: Jhayden@UTnet.UToledo.edu
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Geologic Resources
Mineral Resources: e.g.,
Metals, fertilizers, minerals,
petroleum, construction
Water resources: e.g.,
Lakes, Rivers, Springs,
Groundwater
Energy:
e.g., Oil, natural gas, coal,
nuclear, silicon, hydroelectric
(dams), hydrothermal (Earths
heat)
Source: Jhayden@UTnet.UToledo.edu 26
Geologic Resources
The Geologists Job
Locating and
Characterizing quantity
and quality of geologic
resources
Extracting geologic
resources efficiently
Assessing environmental
effects of extraction and
use
Source: Jhayden@UTnet.UToledo.edu 27
How Geology Influence Us
Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruptions
Tsunami
Landslides
Floods
Subsidence life.time.com
Impacts with space objects
There would be no natural disasters if it

were not for humans. forces.si.edu
Without humans these are only natural
events.
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Volcanoes
Merapi Volcano Eruption, 2010
Source: juliussumant.wordpress.com 29
Geological Hazards
Source: dhikandani.blogspot.com
Earthquake
Yogyakarta Earthquake, 2006 Source: indahnesia.com
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Geological Hazards
Tsunami
Source: rneoavatara.com
Aceh Tsunami, 2004
Source: richardshears.com
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Geological Hazards
Landslides
Source: wodumedia.com
Padang Landslides, 2009

Source: news.com.au
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The Relevance of Geology to Environmental
Ignoring geological factors leads to:
Loss of life
eg landslides,
earthquakes and
volcanic activity
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The Relevance of Geology to Environmental

Management
Ignoring geological factors leads to:

Increased financial
costs
eg poor use of natural
resources (sterilisation)
and damage to property
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ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
Georesources Geohazard
Impact to the Impact to the

environment environment
Risk to the human life Risk to the human life
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Hazard and Risk

Hazard is a phenomenon or a process, either natural or
humanmade, that can potentially endanger or harm a group of
people, their belongings and their environment.
Risk is a concept that denotes a potential impact to an asset or some

characteristic of value that may arise from some present process. In
everyday usage, "risk" is often used synonymously with the
probability of a known loss.
Risk = f (Hazard, Exposure) that occur at the same time
Exposure is contact. No matter how dangerous a process, without

exposure, it cannot have the potential impact.
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Risk = f (Hazard, Exposure) that occur at the same time
Dangerous animal = high hazard Dangerous animal = high hazard

Free = high exposure Closed in cage = no exposure
RISK NO RISK
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Ultimate goal of an environmental

geologist/scientist/engineer is to
reduce risks
from natural & environmental hazards
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Obviously one of the aspects of

planning which intimately involves
geology is the control or prevention of
geological processes or hazards
which mitigate against the interests of
man
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Population & Consumption

Challenge of the Future

We face challenges in pollution: Air and Water

Urban streets Cropland

GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

Case History: Easter Island

Its Our Shared Earth;

Earth Environment (1)

James Lovelock: Gaia hypothesis

Earth Environment (2)

Everything alive: With a beginning and an end

Earth environment as a total, as a whole

Prolong Earths sustainable healthy life

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS:

development that meets the needs of the present

To guide planners, developers to recognize

Replenishment and renewable rates

Development and improvement of human

Not lead to environmental crisis

The Big Meeting

Use of natural resources

The Fundamental Principles of International Environmental Laws

Some fundamental principles are classified as:

Geologic aspect in every environmental

Environmental geology: Applied geology

What is Environmental Geology?

Environmental geology is the

How we influence the earth

The ecological footprint

~ measure of resource and waste a 2.23 ha World Ave.

How Geology Influence Us

Impacts with space objects

There would be no natural disasters if it

Merapi Volcano Eruption, 2010

Yogyakarta Earthquake, 2006 Source: indahnesia.com

Aceh Tsunami, 2004

Padang Landslides, 2009

The Relevance of Geology to Environmental

Ignoring geological factors leads to:

The Relevance of Geology to Environmental

Ignoring geological factors leads to:

Impact to the Impact to the

Hazard and Risk

Risk is a concept that denotes a potential impact to an asset or some

Risk = f (Hazard, Exposure) that occur at the same time

Exposure is contact. No matter how dangerous a process, without

Risk = f (Hazard, Exposure) that occur at the same time

Dangerous animal = high hazard Dangerous animal = high hazard

Ultimate goal of an environmental

Obviously one of the aspects of

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