A collection of 65 symposium papers covering aspects of environmental impacts, pollution control and protection, legal aspects and regulations, transport processes, research methods and modelling, and case studies in several parts of the world. Problems and possible solutions are presented.Topics covered: Legal aspects and regulations; Environmental impacts of karst; Pollution control and karst water protection; Transport processes; Environmental isotopes in karst; Karst morphology and paleoenvironment; Modelling and flow systems; Engineering problems in karst; Research methods; Regional karst systems.

A collection of 65 symposium papers covering aspects of environmental impacts, pollution control and protection, legal aspects and regulations, transport processes, research methods and modelling, and case studies in several parts of the world. Problems and possible solutions are presented.Topics covered: Legal aspects and regulations; Environmental impacts of karst; Pollution control and karst water protection; Transport processes; Environmental isotopes in karst; Karst morphology and paleoenvironment; Modelling and flow systems; Engineering problems in karst; Research methods; Regional karst systems.