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Groundwater as a Key for Adaptation to Changing Climate and Society (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
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Groundwater as a Key for Adaptation to Changing Climate and Society (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Series: Global Environmental Studies
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The book presents an overview of recent advances in knowledge
related to the assessment and management of groundwater resources,
giving special attention to the uncertainties related to climate
change and variability. While proposing strategies of groundwater
management as adaptation, alternative and resilience under the
changing environments, this book also discusses new directions and
initiatives of hydrological study, in particular on the
groundwater. Groundwater is a major source of water across much of
the world, and acts as a component of the global water cycle on the
Earth. Groundwater has the capacity to balance large swings in
precipitation and has the potential to supplement surface-water
resources when they are close to the limits of sustainability such
as during drought. Although groundwater is pivotal to sustain water
supplies, these important resources are vulnerable to increased
human activities and the uncertain consequences of climate change.
This book presents that groundwater with longer resident time of
water circulation can be an alternative water resources and
environment in changing climate. Assessments of groundwater
services and benefit as well as risk are important for sustainable
groundwater uses under the climate change. Groundwater which is one
of the leys of adaptation to climate change should be treated as
common resources and environment beyond the tragedy of the commons
and dilemma of the boundaries. While providing a comprehensive
description of hydrogeological characteristics of groundwater
systems, the present volume also covers important aspects of legal
and institutional contexts required for groundwater resources
management as well as social and economic considerations. This
publication may contribute to an improved understanding of the
impacts of climate change and human activity on groundwater
resources, provides useful guidance for policy makers and planners
to include groundwater into climate change adaptation schemes and
strategies.
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