List of contributors • Preface • Acknowledgement • Issues in environmental geology: a British perspective, M. R. Rennett & P. Doyle • Environmental geology: achieving sustainability, J. G. Larwood & T. Moat • Dissemination of information on the earth sciences to planners and other decision-makers, A. P. McKirdy, A. Thompson & J. Poole • Part One: Conservation and recreational pressure • Earth heritage conservation: past, present and future agendas P. Doyle & M. R. Rennett • Our 'green and pleasant land': loving it to death? F. Rennett, MP • Part Two: The built environment • Environmental geology of Gibraltar: living with limited, resources E. P. F. Rose • A 'whole rock' approach to the engineering geology of the Chalk of Sussex, J. Lamont-Black. • Hills of waste: a policy conflict in environmental geology, J. M. Gray • Contaminated land: problems of liability, D. Cuckson• The generation of geological data from environmental and construction projects in the Penarth area of southeast Wales, C. Lee • Environmental impacts of lead mining in the Ullswater catchment (English Lake District): dam failures and flooding, J. Anderton, E. Y. Haworth, D. J. Home & D. S. Wray • The role of academic environmental geoscientists in radioactive waste disposal assessment, G. D. Couples, C. McKeown, R. S. Haszeldine & D. K. Smythe • Airborne particulate characterization for environmental regulation, J. Merefield, I. Stone, J. Roberts, J. Jones & J. Barron. • Anthropogenic platinum group elements in the environment, S. J. Edwards & F. Quinn • Part Three: Natural hazards in the coastal zone • The rate and distribution of coastal cliff erosion in England: a cause for concern? A. R. P. Cosgrove, M. R. Bennelt & P. Doyle • Offshore sand banks and their role in coastal sedimentary processes: the Welsh coast of the outer Severn Estuary, SW Britain S. alto 'Sense and sustainability' - achieving geological conservation objectives as part of the present Shoreline Management Plan process, J. M cCue • Part Four: Environmental geology and education • Environmental geology in the urban environment: a comment on the benefits of collaboration between universities and local authorities, N. R. G. Walton • Developing a degree in environmental geology, M. Rosenbaum • Index