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Integrated Groundwater Management - Concepts, Approaches and Challenges (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Integrated Groundwater Management - Concepts, Approaches and Challenges (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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The aim of this book is to document for the first time the
dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater
management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge,
one that remains one of humanity's foremost priorities. It has
become a largely non-renewable resource that is overexploited in
many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from
how to simply obtain the water we need to how we manage it
sustainably for future generations, future economies, and future
ecosystems. The focus then becomes one of understanding the drivers
and current state of the groundwater resource, and restoring
equilibrium to at-risk aquifers. Many interrelated dimensions,
however, come to bear when trying to manage groundwater
effectively. An integrated approach to groundwater necessarily
involves many factors beyond the aquifer itself, such as surface
water, water use, water quality, and ecohydrology. Moreover, the
science by itself can only define the fundamental bounds of what is
possible; effective IGM must also engage the wider community of
stakeholders to develop and support policy and other socioeconomic
tools needed to realize effective IGM. In order to demonstrate IGM,
this book covers theory and principles, embracing: 1) an overview
of the dimensions and requirements of groundwater management from
an international perspective; 2) the scale of groundwater issues
internationally and its links with other sectors, principally
energy and climate change; 3) groundwater governance with regard to
principles, instruments and institutions available for IGM; 4)
biophysical constraints and the capacity and role of
hydroecological and hydrogeological science including water quality
concerns; and 5) necessary tools including models, data
infrastructures, decision support systems and the management of
uncertainty. Examples of effective, and failed, IGM are given.
Throughout, the importance of the socioeconomic context that
connects all effective IGM is emphasized. Taken as a whole, this
work relates the many facets of effective IGM, from the catchment
to global perspective.
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