Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities: Case Studies, Concepts, and Methods

Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities: Case Studies, Concepts, and Methods is an ideal resource given the fact that the United Nations estimates that by the year 2030 46% of the world's total population will reside in South East Asia, China, and India. With many of these countries plagued by excessive groundwater extraction, pollution, and poor infrastructure, all factors that contribute to the degradation of the region's fresh water sources, the book employs regional case studies to illustrate each city's unique environment, problems encountered, and different groundwater technologies and methods deployed. In this reference, each case study includes maps of the country's watershed and groundwater basin, water demand, the role of groundwater in total water demand, and aquifer types and their distribution. Presents a framework for evaluating groundwater environment in urban environmentsIncludes case studies and local examples from a broad geographical range of urban environments from virtually every region in Asia, including Bandung, Bangkok, Delhi, Bishkek, Beijing and TokyoThe book will be a valuable resource for groundwater adversaries in the scientific, decision-making and end-user communities, particularly for understanding and assessing state of groundwater resources in the region as well as learning from the responses practiced so far (Dr. Linda Anne Stevenson, APN)The contents in this book are very much useful for informed decision-making for protecting groundwater environemntand therefore contributes in making invisible visible (Dr. Neno Kukuric, IGRAC)With concrete examples and lessons for readers, this book responds to the call for comprehensive research and studies, the implementation of new science-based methodologies and endorsement of principles for groundwater resources management and cities (Dr. Aureli Alice, UNESCO-IHP)As a Regional Hub for Groundwater Management in the Asia Pacific Region?, IGES finds this book as a very much useful reference for knowledge hub partners, groundwater managers, academic institutions, research scholars, and international organizations working in the areas of groundwater in Asia and beyond (Dr. Hideyuki Mori, IGES) INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-12-803166-7
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2016
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés