Groundwater Environment in Asian Cities

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-12-803166-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 542 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 822 g

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.

Zielgruppe

<p>Environmental and Civil Engineers; Researchers; Groundwater Scientists; Government and Non-Government Organizations</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shrestha, Sangam

Shivakoti, Binaya Raj

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Wasserwirtschaft
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Wasserbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Wasserversorgung, Wasseraufbereitung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Wasserversorgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Shivakoti, Binaya Raj
Dr. Shivakoti has been working at IGES as a water resources specialist since 2010. He has over 10 years of experience in water resources management related projects and interdisciplinary research activities. He has accumulated diverse expertise in different aspects of water including water and sanitation, modeling and water quality assessment, GIS and remote sensing, wastewater management, climate change adaptation, policy assessments, and groundwater management. He has been involved in various projects, knowledge sharing and networking on groundwater thorough the Asia Pacific Water Forum Regional Hub for Groundwater Management which IGES has been mobilizing. He obtained PhD from Kyoto University in 2006 and MSc from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in 2004.