The Dilemma of Boundaries

Toward a New Concept of Catchment
2012
ISBN: 978-4-431-54034-2
Verlag: Springer Japan

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 606 g

Reihe: Global Environmental Studies

Water circulates continuously and seamlessly on Earth with little regard for the boundaries we draw. There are natural boundaries as between land and ocean and surface and subsurface environments, as well as human or demographic boundaries between nations, cultures, and religions. Although considered necessary by societies, these human-created boundaries disrupt natural water circulation, leading to serious water-related environmental problems. The dilemma of how to manage water beyond our boundaries remains, and nations have different ways and means of controlling each form of water, whether as vapor, surface water, groundwater, or seawater. Recent findings on the interaction of water from land, oceans, and the atmosphere encourage researchers to undertake collaborative work that goes beyond the boundaries of each discipline, be it oceanography, surface and subsurface hydrology, climatology, or glaciology. Drawing on all these fields, the book focuses on two major boundaries: that between surface water and ground water, and that between terrestrial water and ocean water. This comprehensive work is of great value to experts in academia, international organizations, consulting firms, water resources, fisheries, and urban development planning agencies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shiraiwa, Takayuki

Taniguchi, Makoto

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Wasserbau
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Hydrologie, Hydrogeologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Part I Ignored Linkage between Surface and Sub-surface Environments

Part II Transboundary Linkage of Land and Ocean

Part III Impacts of Human-made Boundaries

Part IV Challenge for New Management beyond the Boundaries

Index

List of Authors

Key word index.