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= Geoecology = Geoecology is is a sub-discipline of environmental science and geosciences. The name comes from the ancient Greek words: ge - Earth, oikos - house, home and logos - science. It studies the influence of natural and social factors of the geographical environment on the life of organisms, and especially on man.

Geoecology studies the spatial variability of the environment, which has an exceptional ecological significance, then the change of the geographical environment caused by human activity, and, among other things, predicts these changes in the future.

In some cases, geoecology is defined as a complex applied discipline that differs from biological and corresponds to geographic or geological disciplines.

An important subject of geoecology is the problem of environmental pollution, protection from it, as well as remediation of degraded areas. In addition, it is important to study natural disasters and the possibilities of their prevention and mitigation.

Position within the environmental and Earth sciences
Understood as environmental science, geoecology is of course very broad and combines many disciplines. Geoecology deals with physical, chemical and biological processes always under the aspect of their importance for the functioning of ecosystems.

Mainly economic and social sciences as well as exclusively technical and legal aspects of environmental sciences are not the subject of geoecology. The scientific requirements for technical and social solutions to environmental problems are, however, part of their area of ​​responsibility.

Geoecology has a similar relationship to its neighboring disciplines in the geosciences: It overlaps with other subjects where these deal with environmental aspects. This is the case, for example, in catchment area hydrology, environmental geology/environmental geochemistry or the exploration of the near-surface subsurface using geophysical methods. Geoecology, for example, does not deal with purely technical aspects of hydraulic engineering, the exploration of raw material deposits (geology) or earthquake research (geophysics).

Conceptual history
The term "geoecology" was used for the first time by the geographer Carl Troll in 1966 as an English translation of the landscape ecology he founded. In the Anglo-Saxon language area, however, the term could not prevail against the literal translation "landscape ecology".

The independent study course in geoecology and the conception of geoecology as environmental science were founded in Bayreuth in 1978, largely on the initiative of the hydrologist Reimer Herrmann. The course was created as a spin-off from geography, so that in Bayreuth, physical geography can also access the geoecology courses and vice versa. Geoecology is an independent course of study mainly in the Federal Republic of Germany. In English-speaking countries, the term "environmental studies" exists.