Did anthropogeology anticipate the idea of the Anthropocene?
- Autor(en)
- Hermann Häusler
- Abstrakt
The term anthropogeology was coined in 1959 by the Austrian geologist Heinrich Häusler. It
was taken up by the Swiss geologist Heinrich Jäckli in 1972, and independently introduced again
by the German geologist Rudolf Hohl in 1974. Their concept aimed at mitigating humankind’s
geotechnical and ecological impact in the dimension of endogenic and exogenic geologic
processes. In that context anthropogeology was defined as the scientific discipline of applied
geology integrating sectors of geosciences, geography, juridical, political and economic sciences as
well as sectors of engineering sciences. In 1979 the German geologist Werner Kasig newly defined
anthropogeology as human dependency on geologic conditions, in particular focusing on building
stone, aggregates, groundwater and mineral resources. The severe problems of environmental
pollution since the 1980s and the political relevance of environmental protection led to the
initiation of the discipline ‘environmental geosciences’, which – in contrast to anthropogeology
– was and is taught at universities worldwide.- Organisation(en)
- Journal
- The Anthropocene Review
- Band
- 5
- Seiten
- 69-86
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019617742169
- Publikationsdatum
- 11-2017
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 105906 Umweltgeowissenschaften
- Schlagwörter
- ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
- Geology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 12 – Nachhaltige/r Konsum und Produktion
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/4154ec00-1b31-4c9f-9496-29af7be29683