| Karst is widely distributed in China and has a close relation with economic development, engineering construction and people's daily lives. The study of karst development law and the investigation of its effect on developing engineering construction are very important research directions. Based on several decades of research, the author discussed the research directions in the following aspects: (1) Geological environmental effect research on regional comprehensive construction, including regional development pattern of karst and assessment of the Yangtze River, Yellow River; (2) Underground spatial development, including undesirable effects of urban subway, high-speed rail underground big-space building, mining, judging perniciousness using comprehensive research, such as karst hydrogeology, and six measures in advance during the tunnel construction. (3) Problems of several levels in the development of town groups and ecological connotation. With practical examples, the author emphasized the important role of hydrogeology, engineering geology and environmental geology in realizing China’s power dream. |