Groundwater environment in Asian Cities : concepts, methods and case studies

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Label

Groundwater environment in Asian Cities : concepts, methods and case studies

Title remainder

concepts, methods and case studies

Statement of responsibility

edited by Sangam Shrestha, Vishnu Prasad Pandey, Binaya Raj Shivakoti, Shashidhar Thatikonda

Contributor

• Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
• Shivajoti, Binaya Raj
• Shrestha, Sangam
• Shrestha, Sangam
• Thatikonda, Shashidhar
• Pandey, Vishnu Prasad

Subject

• Groundwater -- Asia
• Groundwater -- Asia -- Management

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

IDEBK

Dewey number

628.1

Index

index present

LC call number

GB1135

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries