Description
Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions presents a compilation of compelling insights into groundwater scenarios within all groundwater-stressed regions across the world. Thematic sub-sections include groundwater studies on sources, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions. The chapters in these sub-sections provide unique knowledge on groundwater for scientists, planners, and policymakers, and are written by leading global experts and researchers. Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions provides a unique, unparalleled opportunity to integrate the knowledge on groundwater, ranging from availability to pollution, nation-level groundwater management to transboundary aquifer governance, and global-scale review to local-scale case-studies.- Provides interdisciplinary content that bridges the knowledge from groundwater sources to solutions and sustainability, from science to policy, from technology to clean water and food- Includes global and regional reviews and case studies, building a bridge between broad reviews of groundwater-related issues by domain experts as well as detailed case studies by researchers- Identifies pathways for transforming knowledge to policy and governance of groundwater security and sustainability
Table of Contents
1. Global groundwater: from scarcity to security through sustainability and solutions2. Groundwater of carbonate aquifers3. Groundwater resources in Australia—their occurrence, management, and future challenges4. Groundwater storage dynamics in the Himalayan river basins and impacts of global change in the Anthropocene5. Groundwater variations in the North China Plain: monitoring and modeling under climate change and human activities toward better groundwater sustainability6. Emerging groundwater and surface water trends in Alberta, Canada7. Groundwater irrigation and implication in the Nile river basin8. Groundwater availability and security in the Kingston Basin, Jamaica9. Transboundary aquifers: a shared subsurface asset, in urgent need of sound governance10. Transboundary groundwater of the Ganges— 11. Groundwater drought: environmental controls and monitoring12. Groundwater scarcity in the Middle East13. Groundwater scarcity and management in the arid areas in East Africa14. Global geogenic groundwater pollution15. Out of sight, but not out of mind: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in groundwater16. Geogenic-contaminated groundwater in China17. Screening of emerging organic pollutants in the typical hygrogeological units of China18. Groundwater pollution of Pearl River Delta19. Hydrochemical characteristics and quality assessment of water from different sources in Northern Morocco20. Arsenic in groundwater in the United States: research highlights since 2000, current concerns and next steps21. Hydrogeochemical characterization of groundwater quality in the states of Texas and Florida, United States22. Groundwater pollution in Pakistan23. Groundwater of Afghanistan (potential capacity, scarcity, security issues, and solutions)24. Groundwater resources sustainability25. Sustainability of groundwater used in agricultural production and trade26. Groundwater and society: enmeshed issues, interdisciplinary approaches27. Groundwater sustainability in cold and arid regions28. Groundwater in Australia—understanding the challenges of its sustainable use29. Groundwater recharge and sustainability in Brazil30. Groundwater management in Brazil: current status and challenges for sustainable utilization31. Challenges of sustainable groundwater development and management in Bangladesh: vision 205032. Integrating groundwater for water security in Cape Town, South Africa33. Drivers for progress in groundwater management in Lao People's Democratic Republic34. Groundwater sustainability and security in South Asia35. Role of measuring the aquifers for sustainably managing groundwater resource in India36. Balancing livelihoods and environment: political economy of groundwater irrigation in India37. The future of groundwater science and research38. Technologies to enhance sustainable groundwater use39. Applications of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment in global groundwater study40. Use of machine-learning and deep-learning methods in groundwater41. Desalination of brackish groundwater to improve water quality and water supply42. Desalination of deep groundwater for freshwater supplies43. Quantifying future water environment using numerical simulations: a scenario-based approach for sustainable groundwater management plan in Medan, Indonesia44. Managed aquifer recharge with various water sources for irrigation and domestic use: a perspective of the Israeli experience45. MAR model: a blessing adaptation for hard-to-reach livelihood in thirsty Barind Tract, Bangladesh
