IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

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1. Groundwater Quality Sustainability

   Edited by Piotr Maloszewski, Stanisław Witczak, Grzegorz Malina

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   Sustainable groundwater development requires knowledge of the appropriate recharge and transport-processes. This is a prerequisite to understanding: (i) groundwater resources and their availability, and (ii) the dependence between groundwater and the environment. Conceptual understanding of...

   Published August 5th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Groundwater Response to Changing Climate

   Edited by Makoto Taniguchi, Ian P. Holman

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   Groundwater systems are vital to both society and the environment, supporting food production and many other ecosystem services. Sustainable management of this vital resource for future generations requires a sound understanding of how groundwater might respond to the inevitable changes in future...

   Published January 11th 2010 by CRC Press
3. Groundwater Governance in the Indo-Gangetic and Yellow River Basins

   Realities and Challenges

   Edited by Aditi Mukherji, Karen G. Villholth, Bharat R. Sharma, Jinxia Wang

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   One of the key features of agricultural development in the last five decades has been intensive groundwater use in the Indo-Gangetic Basin (Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh) and in the Yellow River Basin (China). Groundwater irrigates almost 60% of the net irrigated area in South Asia and 70%...

   Published June 7th 2009 by CRC Press
4. Advances in Subsurface Pollution of Porous Media - Indicators, Processes and Modelling

   IAH selected papers, volume 14

   Edited by Lucila Candela, Inaki Vadillo, Francisco Javier Elorza

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   Advances in Subsurface Contamination of Porous Media: Indicators, Processes and Modelling provides a high level understanding of the processes concerning common and emergent contaminants through their passage from soil to groundwater. The book presents new methodologies and indicators to...

   Published September 30th 2008 by Taylor & Francis
5. Applied Groundwater Studies in Africa

   IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology, volume 13

   Edited by Segun Adelana, Alan MacDonald

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   Groundwater is Africa’s most precious natural resource, providing reliable water supplies for many people. Further development of groundwater resources is fundamental to increasing access to safe water across the continent to meet coverage targets and reduce poverty. There is also an...

   Published September 22nd 2008 by Taylor & Francis
6. Groundwater Flow Understanding

   From Local to Regional Scale

   Edited by J. Joel Carrillo Rivera, M. Adrian Ortega Guerrero

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   Any sustainable groundwater development programme requires knowledge of the prevailing flow system, extending from local to regional scale. This book of selected papers discusses integral groundwater management with scale flow issues and presents methods of defining, preventing, controlling and...

   Published April 8th 2008 by Taylor & Francis
7. Aquifer Systems Management: Darcy’s Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage

   Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 10

   Edited by Laurence Chery, Ghislain de Marsily

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   By 2050, the demand for water to sustain world agriculture will increase by seventy-five per cent in order to feed an estimated nine billion inhabitants. Increased amounts of water will be required for irrigation and for industrial and domestic use. Natural ecosystems will be threatened...

   Published September 5th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
8. Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment and Mapping

   IAH-Selected Papers, volume 11

   Edited by Andrzej J. Witkowski, Andrzej Kowalczyk, Jaroslav Vrba

   Series: IAH - Selected Papers on Hydrogeology

   This volume presents the contemporary issues surrounding groundwater pollution risk assessment and the application of vulnerability and risk assessment maps for the effective protection and management of aquifers. Numerous new and improved approaches to intrinsic and specific vulnerability...

   Published August 23rd 2007 by Taylor & Francis