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Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities
Concepts, Methods and Case Studies
As an ideal resource on groundwater environments in Asia, this book provides new insights into the growing necessity for freshwater sources in an area that the United Nations estimates will house 46% of the World's population by 2030
Sangam Shrestha (Edited by), Vishnu Prasad Pandey (Edited by), Shashidhar Thatikonda (Edited by), Binaya Raj Shivakoti (Edited by)
9780128031667
Paperback / softback, published 16 February 2016
542 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.4 cm, 0.88 kg
Groundwater contributes to the sustainable development of many Asian cities by providing water for domestic, industrial and agricultural uses and regulating ecosystem flows. However, groundwater has not always been properly managed, which often has resulted in depletion and degradation of the resource. Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities presents the up-to-date scientific knowledge on groundwater environment in fourteen Asian cities using Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework. In detail the book presents the facts and figures of groundwater dependency, problems related to groundwater over exploitation, implementation of various policy instruments and management practices and their results in selected fourteen Asian cities, namely; Bandung (Indonesia), Bangkok (Thailand), Beijing (China), Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), Chitwan (Nepal), Delhi (India), Dili (East Timor), Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam), Hyderabad (India), Khulna (Bangladesh), Lahore (Pakistan), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan), and Yangon (Myanmar). The book provides the one-step platform to get sufficient details about groundwater aquifers, hydrogeology, groundwater status, impacts on groundwater environment and responses (technology, policy, institutional, etc.) deployed in the case studies cities, and therefore, provides a snap-shot of Asian groundwater environments. The theoretical background of the topics discussed along with the case studies help the readers understand the similarities and differences about the status of groundwater development and use in each city. In addition, the information in the book will serve as a baseline for other research such as mitigation of groundwater related problems (e.g., land subsidence), impact of climate change on groundwater, and importance of groundwater for implementing sustainable development goals in future.
1. Groundwater as an environmental issue in Asian cities 2. DPSIR framework for evaluating groundwater environment 3. Water environment in South Asia: an introduction 4. Groundwater environment in Chitwan, Nepal 5. Groundwater environment in Delhi, India 6. Groundwater environment in Hydarabad, India 7. Groundwater environment in Khulna, Bangladesh 8. Groundwater environment in Lahore, Pakistan 9. Water environment in Southeast Asia: an introduction 10. Groundwater environment in Bandung, Indonesia 11. Groundwater environment in Bangkok, Thailand 12. Groundwater environment in Dili, East Timor 13. Groundwater environment in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam 14. Groundwater environment in Yangon, Myanmar 15. Water environment in Central and East Asia: an introduction 16. Groundwater environment in Beijing China 17. Groundwater environment in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 18. Groundwater environment in Seoul, South Korea 19. Groundwater environment in Tokyo, Japan
Subject Areas: Water supply & treatment [TQSW]
