Based on papers presented at a symposium held at the Institute of British Geographers' Conference at Portsmouth, January 1987. Contributors discuss how geomorphology can, and should, be incorporated into environmental policies, planning, and management. Coverage ranges from agricultural land use to urban planning. Leading authorities with practical experience of applications discuss what sort of geomorphological information is needed, to whom or where it should be directed, and how policies need to be formulated or changed. Each study is followed by a case study. Included are examples of the detrimental consequences and costs of ignorance of geomorphological processes in environmental planning.

Proceeding of an international symposium on geological mapping and environmental planning held in Trondheim, Norway, 6-9 May 1986. Program topics included environmental planning, natural resources, acid rain and other forms of pollution, geological hazards and geomedicine.