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Hypotheses and Concepts

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Within this chapter, we present and discuss several hypotheses and some concepts which we consider as important for urban geology. The first section deals with adaptive subsurface and groundwater resource management in urban areas with a focus on the definition of “system and risk profiles.” The second section discusses the importance and role of “flow across boundaries.” The third section describes an approach for the assessment of “vulnerability” of urban groundwater resources and includes a discussion on how to define “quality control systems.” In the last section, we discuss impacts of anthropogenic and climate change to quantitative and qualitative aspects of groundwater resources in the city Basel.

The taken measures that are addressed in the concepts are directed towards a better understanding of urban subsurface systems in order to improve the base for future decisions. They can be used as an asset framework or tool for subsurface planning in the evaluation of individual projects as well as for optimization of subsurface resource management in urban areas.

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  1. Applied and Environmental Geology, Geological Institute, Department of Geosciences, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 32, Basel, 4056, Switzerland

    Peter Huggenberger, Jannis Epting, Annette Affolter & Stefan Scheidler

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts avenue 77, Cambridge, MA, 02139–4307, USA

    Christoph Butscher

  3. Cantonal Office for the Environment and Energy, Hochbergerstrasse 158, 4019, Basel, Switzerland

    Jelena Simovic Rota

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Correspondence to Peter Huggenberger , Peter Huggenberger , Jannis Epting , Christoph Butscher or Jannis Epting .

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  1. Department of Geosciences, Geological Institute, University of Basel, Bernoullistr. 32, Basel, 4056, Switzerland

    Peter Huggenberger

  2. Department of Geosciences, Geological Institute, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 32, Basel, 4056, Switzerland

    Jannis Epting

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Huggenberger, P., Epting, J., Affolter, A., Butscher, C., Scheidler, S., Rota, J.S. (2011). Hypotheses and Concepts. In: Huggenberger, P., Epting, J. (eds) Urban Geology. Springer, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0185-0_3

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