Groundwater overexploitation in the North China Plain: A path to sustainability (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

Over-pumping of aquifers is a worldwide problem, mainly caused by agricultural water use. Among its consequences are the falling dry of streams and wetlands, soil subsidence, die-off of phreatophytic vegetation, saline water intrusion, increased pumping cost and loss of storage needed for drought relief. Stopping or reversing the trend requires management interventions. The North China Plain serves as an example. A management system is set up for a typical county. It contains three components: monitoring, decision support based on modelling, and implementation in the field. Besides all monitoring data, the decision support module contains an irrigation calculator, a box model, and a distributed groundwater model to project the outcomes of different water allocation scenarios. In view of grain security, a solution combines an adaptation of the cropping system with imports of surface water from the South. The Open Access book does not only describe the problem and the path to its solution. It also gives access to nine manuals concerning methods used. They include computer programs and the game Save the Water. The Chinese experience should be of considerable interest to other regions in the world which suffer from over-pumping of aquifers.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	Springer Water
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Wolfgang Kinzelbach • Haijing Wang • Yu Li • Lu Wang • Ning Li
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	157
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-981-16-5842-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Environmental monitoring Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Analytical chemistry > General Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > The hydrosphere > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	981-16-5842-0
Barcode:	9789811658426

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