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Water resources management for a sustainable nexus of hydrogeoethics and societal well-being
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Geoethics to Face Natural Risks by Improving Societal Resilience
Risks determined by natural phenomena cannot be cancelled entirely but can be reduced by minimizing their destructive effects. At present, scientists can predict, though with a certain degree of uncertainty, t...
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Geoethics: The Missing Piece in the Separation of Responsibility Between Volcanologists and Decision-Makers
In a volcanic crisis, authorized decision-makers must balance the social and economic costs of mitigating actions, such as evacuation, against the potential human losses if such actions are insufficient. In ma...
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The Significance of Geotourism Through the Lens of Geoethics
Geoheritage and geodiversity visually and symbolically express the link between the physical and biological environment and cultural world. In the geoethical vision, their protection is fundamental since they ...
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Geoethics for Redefining Human-Earth System Nexus
The globalized society is held together by an intricate system of human relationships. This system constitutes a planetary architecture characterized by (a) a complex technological structure, (b) the homogeniz...
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Ethical Problems and Dilemmas in the Geosciences
Any decision may be made impulsively or may mature after weighing up a range of possibilities. Deciding what is the right or acceptable thing to do in a situation open to multiple solutions implies in the simp...
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Introduction
Human actions leave deep traces on the planet; this is an indisputable fact (Daru et al., Nature Communications 12: 6983, 2021; Elhacham et al., Nature 588: 442–444, 2020; Ellis et al., PNAS 118, 2021; Frederi...
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From Ethics to Geoethics
Acting rationally when making decisions means taking into account multiple elements and considerations. To make a choice, the individual must weigh up the various possible options and their consequences, under...
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The Advantage of Geoethical Action
The answer to why one should behave ethically may seem obvious: ‘because otherwise one will be punished’, or ‘because I was brought up to behave well’, or even ‘because one would live in a better way’ or ‘beca...
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Origins of Geoethical Thought
Reflection on the relationship between humans and nature permeates the whole of human cultural experience. Understanding the reality in which individuals live and with which they must enter into a functional r...
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The Concept of Responsibility
Geoethics has developed within the scientific community to investigate the meaning and value of the geosciences, analysing their rational categories, possible perspectives, uncertainties and cognitive limits, ...
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Geoethics and Anthropogenic Global Changes
In the coming decades, a number of issues of global concern will become a top priority in science, public debate, and political, legislative and decision-making processes.
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The Values of Geoethics
The aim of geoethics is to identify shared values on which to base strategies and operating procedures that are more responsible towards social-ecological systems, compatible with respect for the natural envir...
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Geoethics for an Ecological Humanism
In the 1940s, the American ecologist Aldo Leopold (see Chapter 2) coined the concept of land ethics (Leopold, A.: A sand county almanac: And sketches here and there. Oxford University Press, 1949), which expresse...
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Current Definition and Vision of Geoethics
Geoethics was developed as a reflection on the meaning of geosciences and the roles and values of reference of the geoscientific community. More recently, the perimeter of geoethical analysis has expanded to i...
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Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
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Article
Open AccessApplying the Values of Geoethics for Sustainable Speleotourism Development
Establishing sustainable and responsible speleotourism development is a major challenge and involves complex activities. Adequate theoretical starting point is the application of geoethical values related to t...
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Contemporary Geoethics Within the Geosciences
Responsible interaction of people with the Earth system calls for deep engagement with ethical considerations. Due to their professional knowledge and skills, geoscientists in particular should reflect on the ...
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