UID:
edoccha_9960073694502883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 515 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
0-12-803167-0
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0-12-803166-2
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9780128031674
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0128031670
Note:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; List of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Foreword; Foreword; Foreword; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Section I - Concepts and Methods; Chapter 1 - Groundwater as an Environmental Issue in Asian Cities; 1.1 - Introduction; 1.2 - Case study cities; 1.3 - Structure of the book; References; Chapter 2 - DPSIR Framework for Evaluating Groundwater Environment; 2.1 - Introduction; 2.2 - Structure of the framework; 2.2.1 - Driver; 2.2.2 - Pressure; 2.2.3 - State; 2.2.4 - Impact; 2.2.5 - Response; 2.3 - Selection of indicators
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2.3.1 - A Case of Integrated Environment Assessment2.3.2 - Land and Soil Degradation Cases; 2.3.3 - Air Quality Case; 2.3.4 - Water Issue Cases; 2.3.5 - Subsurface Environment Case; 2.3.6 - Generic Set of Indicators for Evaluating the Groundwater Environment; 2.4 - Interpreting the results; 2.5 - Summary; Acknowledgment; References; Section II - Groundwater Environment in South Asia; Chapter 3 - Water Environment in South Asia: An Introduction; 3.1 - Physiography and climate; 3.2 - Socioeconomics and environmental issues; 3.3 - Water availability and withdrawal; 3.4 - Case study cities
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5.2 - About the city5.2.1 - Physiography and Climate; 5.2.2 - Morphology and Geology; 5.2.3 - Hydrogeology; 5.3 - Drivers; 5.3.1 - Population Growth; 5.3.2 - Urbanization; 5.3.3 - Climate Change; 5.4 - Pressures; 5.4.1 - Land Use/Land Cover (LULC); 5.4.2 - Surface Water and Groundwater Use; 5.5 - State; 5.5.1 - Well Statistics; 5.5.2 - Groundwater Abstraction; 5.5.3 - Groundwater Level; 5.5.4 - Groundwater Quality; 5.5.5 - Groundwater Recharge; 5.6 - Impacts; 5.6.1 - Decline in Groundwater Level; 5.6.2 - Degradation in Groundwater Quality; 5.7 - Responses; 5.7.1 - Institutional Arrangements
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5.7.2 - Groundwater Monitoring
Language:
English
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