Groundwater Intensive Use

IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 7
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-36444-7
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 963 g

Reihe: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

Intensive use of groundwater has resolved the demand for drinking water and, through irrigation, has contributed to the eradication of malnourishment in many developing countries. The spectacular worldwide increase in groundwater use in the last decades, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, has been a silent revolution carried out by millions of small farmers. In some instances, groundwater abstraction has caused problems of quality degradation, excessive drawdown of groundwater levels, land subsidence, reduction of spring and baseflows or degradation of groundwater-dependent ecosystems. Most of these problems could be anticipated, mitigated, or even avoided with more active water agencies, adequate regulations and users’ participation in management. Groundwater Intensive Use contains a selection of papers presented at a symposium held in December 2002 in Valencia, Spain. It constitutes a step forward in creating a greater worldwide awareness of the relevance of groundwater in water resources policy. The book presents new ideas and accounts of recent advances in technical, economic, legal, administrative and political issues. It addresses groundwater development to ecosystems sustainability, through different or complementary approaches. A wide series of case studies from North and South America, Europe, South Asia and North and Sub-Saharan Africa cover the various issues. These case studies represent countries with a wide diversity of social circumstances, from areas in which development is emerging, to communities with a long history of successful groundwater use.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sahuquillo, Andrés

Capilla, J.

Cortina, Luis Martinez

Vila, X. Sanchez

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltsoziologie, Umweltpsychologie, Umweltethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword, M. R. Llamas

ETHICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND LEGAL ASPECTS

CASE HISTORIES

IMPACTS

MANAGEMENT

VALENCIA DECLARATION

Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrés Sahuquillo, J. Capilla, Luis Martinez Cortina, X. Sanchez Vila