Artful-Geoscience: Co-Creating Urban Subsurface Futures? A discussion and an invitation. 

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriet Hawkins ◽  
Stephanie Bricker ◽  
Carol Cotteril ◽  
Eilidh Dunnet ◽  
Anna Hicks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Sources ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
Knowledge Gaps ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Urban Futures ◽  
Participatory Arts ◽  
Fragmented Data

<p>The urban subsurface is key to developing sustainable urban futures (SDG 11). Yet, as is well acknowledged, geoscientists face many challenges in engaging stakeholders and communities with the urban subsurface, as well as the challenges associated wtih fragmented data sources, knowledge gaps, citizen ‘oversight,’ and challenging subsurface cultural associations (Bricker et al. 2017, 2019). In this paper we present a case for the value of the intersections between geoscience and creative practices (from visual methods to participatory arts) in helping to address some of these challenges. To make our case we present preliminary findings from a collaboration between geoscientists and science communicators based at the British Geological Survey, and a cultural geographer experienced in researching and creating art-science collaborations. We explore three things:</p><p>We close our discussion with an invitation to join us in forming a network exploring the potential of art-geoscience collaborations for understanding, using and preserving the urban subsurface. </p>

Groundwater abstraction across the Indo-Gangetic basin (2010)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabin Archambault
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Groundwater Abstraction ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Full List

This 1 km resolution grid shows the estimated mean annual groundwater abstraction in millimeters across the Indo-Gangetic basin based on data from 2010. Methodology and a full list of data sources used can be found in the peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2791.epdf?author_access_token=_2Z_fJZxRkSVmgVJ7xHTVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O07GfIlzqIVm44UgFPb1r62_FUJLao4zkJSzYpv-4gIWJorRXEpgh4iarB8vlRNY_tGV_18CAf2j-_GnADYbdp The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/SEAsiaGroundwater/mapsDownload.html Abstraction Groundwater Stress

Groundwater productivity in Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabin Archambault
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Interquartile Range ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Full List

This 5 km resolution grid indicates what borehole yields (in l/s) can reasonably be expected in different hydrogeological units. The ranges indicate the approximate interquartile range of the yield of boreholes that have been sited and drilled using appropriate techniques. Groundwater productivity is given in liters per second. Detailed description of the methodology, and a full list of data sources used to develop the layer can be found in the peer-reviewed paper available here: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024009/pdf The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/africanGroundwater/mapsDownload.html Groundwater Supply

Groundwater salinity across the Indo-Gangetic basin

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabin Archambault
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Total Dissolved Solids ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Groundwater Salinity ◽  
Dissolved Solids ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Full List

This 1 km resolution grid shows salinity measured as total dissolved solids (TDS, in mg/l) in the groundwater across the Indo-Gangetic basin. Methodology and a full list of data sources used can be found in the peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2791.epdf?author_access_token=_2Z_fJZxRkSVmgVJ7xHTVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O07GfIlzqIVm44UgFPb1r62_FUJLao4zkJSzYpv-4gIWJorRXEpgh4iarB8vlRNY_tGV_18CAf2j-_GnADYbdp The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/SEAsiaGroundwater/mapsDownload.html Groundwater Quality

Groundwater level trends across the Indo-Gangetic basin

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabin Archambault
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Water Table ◽  
Groundwater Level ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Annual Change ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Full List

This 1 km resolution grid shows mean annual change in water-table levels across the aquifer during the period 2000 to 2010 in meters per year. Methodology and a full list of data sources used can be found in the peer-reviewed paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/ngeo2791.epdf?author_access_token=_2Z_fJZxRkSVmgVJ7xHTVdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0O07GfIlzqIVm44UgFPb1r62_FUJLao4zkJSzYpv-4gIWJorRXEpgh4iarB8vlRNY_tGV_18CAf2j-_GnADYbdp The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/SEAsiaGroundwater/mapsDownload.html Abstraction Groundwater Stress

Groundwater storage in Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabin Archambault
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Effective Porosity ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Groundwater Storage ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Full List ◽  
The World ◽  
Storage Type ◽  
Porosity Range ◽  
Aquifer Flow

This 5 km resolution grid presents groundwater storage in Africa (in mm). This parameter was estimated by combining the saturated aquifer thickness and effective porosity of aquifers across Africa. For each aquifer flow/storage type an effective porosity range was assigned based on a series of studies across Africa and surrogates in other parts of the world. Groundwater storage is given in millimeters. Detailed description of the methodology, and a full list of data sources used to develop the layer can be found in the peer-reviewed paper available here: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/7/2/024009/pdf The raster and a high resolution PDF file are available for download on the website of British Geological Survey (BGS): http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/groundwater/international/africanGroundwater/mapsDownload.html Groundwater Storage

Land evaluation and site assessment: mapping for planning purposes

1987 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-201
Author(s):  
W. R. Dearman
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Land Evaluation ◽  
Geological Survey ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
British Geological Survey ◽  
Site Assessment ◽  
Thematic Mapping ◽  
Direct Applicability

AbstractMaps and plans represent essential tools of the trade for planners and applied earth scientists alike, and thematic maps produced by geologists should be able to be understood by planners. Geology, geotechnics, geomorphology, hydrogeology and related sciences can provide essential data on some of the constraints to development and resources for development. Recognition of these permits safer, more cost- effective planning and development, and allows rational decisions to be taken as far as the exploitation of resources is concerned. Consequently the Department of Environment had been commissioning research to investigate the best means of collecting, collating, interpreting and presenting, in sets of maps and reports, geological results of direct applicability to land-use planning. For example, some years ago initial studies in thematic mapping were undertaken by the British Geological Survey and more recently a number of private consultants have carried out such work. Unfortunately, the results of some of these surveys have not, as yet, been published.

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