Groundwater Development and Management
Issues and Challenges in South Asia
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Beschreibung
This book deals with the challenges for efficient groundwater management, with a focus on South Asia and India, providing a balanced presentation of theory and field practice using a multidisciplinary approach. Groundwater of South Asia is increasingly confronted with overuse and deteriorating quality and therefore requires urgent attention. Management of the stressed groundwater systems is an extremely complex proposition because of the intricate hydrogeological set-up of the region. Strategies for sustainable management must involve a combination of supply-side and demand-side measures depending on the regional setting and socio-economic situations. As a consequence, the challenges of efficient groundwater management require not only a clear understanding of the aquifer configuration, but also demand for the development of a comprehensive database of the groundwater occurrences and flow systems in each hydrogeological setting. In addition, drilling and well construction methods that are appropriate to different hydrogeological formations need to be implemented as well as real-time monitoring of the status of the groundwater use. Also corrective measures for groundwater that is threatened with depletion and quality deterioration need to be installed. Finally, the legal framework of groundwater needs to be rearticulated according to the common property aspect of groundwater. These challenges should revolve around effective groundwater governance by creating an atmosphere to support and empower community-based systems of decision-making and revisit the existing legal framework and groundwater management institutions by fostering community initiatives.
This book is relevant for academics, professionals, administrators, policy makers, and economists concerned with various aspects of groundwater science and management.
Broadens the reader's understanding of groundwater science and management
Maximises the reader's insights into management aspects of groundwater
Reviews the key recent research on groundwater science and investigation
Includes case studies that illustrate new trends in groundwater research and techniques of artificial recharging and treatment of contaminated groundwater
Summarises the latest studies on management of groundwater in different hydrogeological frameworks
Broadens the reader's understanding of groundwater science and management Maximizes the reader's insights of the management aspects of groundwater Reviews the key recent research on groundwater science and investigation Includes case studies that illustrate new trends in groundwater research and techniques of artificial recharging and treatment of contaminated groundwater Summarises the latest studies on management of groundwater in different hydrogeological frameworks
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Pradip K. Sikdar
Themen in »Groundwater Development and Management«
Aquifer Remote Sensing Numerical Modelling Climate Change Rain Water Harvesting South Asia and India groundwater resources groundwater and arsene groundwater and fluoride legislation of groundwater water well drilling hydrogeology remote sensing/photogrammetry Environmental Geography