Название: CREATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL KARST DATABASE AND AN INTERACTIVE WORLDWIDE MAP OF KARST
Источник: 15th International Congress of Speleology
Место публикации: Arkansas
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Страницы: 442-446
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Добавлено: Elmaz
Ключевые слова: DIGITAL KARST DATABASE, WORLDWIDE, методология, экосистемы, экология карта
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Реферат: Historically, many people dealing with caves and karst have tended to be very guarded about sharing information. They have sought to protect their property, resources, liability risk, and special interests by keeping details about karst (especially caves) secret. This has resulted in inconsistent, localized, and hardto-access knowledge and data, with highly generalized large-scale maps of widely varying consistency and quality. The most pervasive problem is a general lack of understanding about the complexity, science, and fragile nature of many of these unique settings. Obviously, individual cave locations need to be restricted on a need-to-know basis. However the need to accurately characterize areas having potential to develop near-surface karst is becoming increasingly urgent as humans expand land-use practices into fragile settings that jeopardize rare and irreplaceable karst resources.