Early civilizations recognized the importance of springwaters generally and of karstic springs
in particular. Due to the unique nature of karst, man in karst or limestone terrains perhaps …

First of all Zoran Stevanovic has to be congratulated that he tackles this comprehensive and
complicated task. To find the red line throughout the whole book it requires an excellent …

The term" karst" has been used only since the 19th Century. It is a German term applied to
an earlier Serbo Croatian term" krs". Descriptions of karst phenomena, caves, sinkholes …

In the last decades of the 19th and first decades of the 20th century, the general approach in
karst investigations was primarily scientific and theoretical. However, due to karst terrains …

Karst areas with permanent surface water flow are rare. Precipitation quickly disappears
underground through karstified terrain, where it flows–for the most part hidden from our view …

The paper examines representative definitions of karst (21), and discusses some concepts
that influenced the modern understanding of the phenomenon. Several trends are discussed …

Water is, and will in the near future be even more, a key issue for the global development,
and for issues concerning equal rigts for all mankind. Water is a necessity and a scarce …

This book presents the latest advances in karstology by researchers at the ZRC SAZU Karst
Research Institute, Slovenia–home of Classical Karst. It features interdisciplinary …

This book is an attempt, from an essentially hydrogeological point of view, to bring together
both traditional and more recent concepts relating to karst landscapes. If we are not to …

Abstract The Commission on Karst Hydrogeology, also known as the Karst Commission
(KC), was founded in 1970 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and it is an important part of the …