Earth Scientists and Sustainable Development: Geocomputing, New Technologies, and the Humanities

Sebastiano Trevisani and Pietro Daniel Omodeo
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Sebastiano Trevisani: University IUAV of Venice, 30123 Venice, Italy
Pietro Daniel Omodeo: Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 30123 Venice, Italy

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: This opinion paper discusses some of the challenges and opportunities that earth scientists face today in connection with environmental problems. It focuses on aspects that are related to the role of geocomputational approaches and new technologies for geoenvironmental analysis in the context of sustainable development. The paper also points out a “data imbalance” effect, a key issue in the analysis of environmental evolution and of geosphere-anthroposphere interactions in the long-term. In connection with this, it stresses the importance of geoenvironmental information which can be derived from environmental humanities and related disciplines, such as history and archeology. In this context, the complexities and potentialities of a dialogue between earth sciences and the humanities are outlined.

Keywords: anthropocene; geocomputation; humanities; information technology; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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