Expert Group Meeting on Geological Aspects of Land Use Planning, 10 - 13 May 1994, Bangkok, Thailand : report of the meeting.

The main objectives of the meeting were to bring together geoscientists from various countries of the region to 1) assess the impact of geology on land use planning, urban planning and other, related forms of planning and decision-making, 2) to identify problems of communication between the geoscience and planning communities, and 3) suggest remedial action. In addition, the meeting served to ascertain the interest in the region for participation in a framework of international cooperation to monitor the role of geological data in on-going and future urban development projects in several cities at the same time, and search the region for areas designated for major urban and/or industrial construction that could provide parallel case studies within the context of a proposed ESCAP comparative study project entitled Environmental and Urban Geology for Sustainable Development of Fast-Growing Cities. A further objective was to study organizational problems and solutions that respectively obstruct or enhance the interdisciplinary flow of information that is essential for the regular incorporations of geodata in the planning process