Journal of the Japan Society of Engineering Geology
Online ISSN : 1884-0973
Print ISSN : 0286-7737
ISSN-L : 0286-7737
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Challenge to Environmental Problem on Engineering Geology
Hiroyuki OHNO
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2009 Volume 50 Issue 3 Pages 165-176

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 To solve environmental problem, we have to grasp the problem, being holoscopic. It is important that we grasp total flow of material/energy, to make the sustainable social environment. In this paper, I considered and examined what we can do about that.
 Recently, according to environment changes such as the climate changes, environmental problems have been linking with disasters. Environmental destruction generates with disaster, and disaster would occur frequently because of environment changes. To solve these situations, it is necessary to improve the engineering. Thus we should carry out disaster/environment education in long-term view in several tens of years. And, it is shown what we should teach fundamentally.
 In addition, the approach from practicing viewpoint is discussed based on logics of natural phenomena, geotechnical properties, and methodology. The author showed that it should take measure of the problem of regional environment for the maximum happiness of the greatest number. Therefore, we should introduce viewpoint of the applied ecology and the environment economics into engineering geology, and should apply the concept of complex systems on the viewpoint of four-dimension concept by time and space.
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