Description
Technology-Based Solutions for Sustainable Groundwater Management: Challenges, Models, and Strategies provides an in-depth exploration of the environmental and technological challenges impacting global groundwater resources. It examines the complexities of water scarcity driven by climate change, agricultural expansion, and increasing human demand. Through detailed case studies and analyses, the book illustrates the pivotal role of cutting-edge spatial technologies in mapping, monitoring, and managing groundwater. The book integrates diverse scientific disciplines, including geography, hydrology, and environmental science to offer readers a multidimensional understanding of groundwater dynamics.It showcases a range of innovative tools, from remote sensing and GIS to artificial intelligence and machine learning, highlighting their application in developing predictive models and real-time management strategies. Framed within the context of sustainable practices, these solutions aim to secure groundwater for future generations while supporting current economic and social needs. It is an indispensable resource for environmental scientists, students, and researchers, providing foundational knowledge and a guide to applying the latest technological advancements in the field.- Provides information on the latest technologies and modeling used for measuring sustainability of groundwater resources- Offers knowledge on diversified topics including groundwater potentiality, stress zonation, trends of groundwater level, declining quality, and risk zonation- Includes unique case studies to illustrate the mitigation of groundwater-crisis, groundwater-supply, groundwater quality, and the overexploitation of groundwater resources
Table of Contents
PART I Understanding groundwater challengesCHAPTER 1 Characterizing groundwater drought: A bibliometric analysisof publication trends, delineation methods, and sustainabilityimplicationsCHAPTER 2 Groundwater geochemistry and its quality assessment fordrinking and irrigation purposes in the south-central stretchof India: employing the graphical, entropy-weighted waterquality index and distribution patternsCHAPTER 3 Groundwater-dependent agricultural use and economicdevelopment: does it show an EKCCHAPTER 4 Impact of land use and land cover changes on groundwaterstorage dynamicsCHAPTER 5 Possible health risk from anthropogenic nitrate enrichmentin groundwater of the fast-growing Tenkasi districtCHAPTER 6 Assessment of ground and surface water quality index usingweighted overlay and weighted sum for Dibrugarh,Assam, IndiaCHAPTER 7 Examining the spatial pattern of groundwater quality andits association with diarrhea among under-five children inWest Bengal, IndiaCHAPTER 8 Current trends and future challenges in groundwatervulnerability assessmentCHAPTER 9 Impacts of land use and seasonal variations on occurrenceof antibiotics resistance bacterial contamination ingroundwaterPART II Innovative spatial tools for groundwater analysisCHAPTER 10 Evaluating groundwater prospect zones in Guwahati MunicipalCorporation, Assam: a comparative analysis of fuzzy-AHPand frequency ratio techniquesCHAPTER 11 Evaluation of groundwater potentiality of North Koel Riverof Eastern India using multi-criteria decision-analysis modelCHAPTER 12 Hydrogeological simulation of groundwater flow in theindustrial periphery of narol within the Sabarmati basinCHAPTER 13 Surface and groundwater flow modeling for calibratingsteady state using MODFLOWCHAPTER 14 Assessment of groundwater quality in Agartala, Tripura,North-East India using an effective fuzzy multicriteriadecision-making modelCHAPTER 15 Exploration of groundwater potential zones in PhuentsholingCHAPTER 16 Analyzing aquifer from space: Leveraging remote sensingdata for sustainable groundwater managementCHAPTER 17 Groundwater potential zones mapping in Koch Bihardistrict of West Bengal using Geographic InformationSystem-based multicriteria decision-making approachPART III Sustainable groundwater management strategiesCHAPTER 18 Strategies for efficient water resource managementin urban agricultural systemsCHAPTER 19 Rainwater harvesting techniques in semiarid areas as asustainable solution to groundwater management challengesCHAPTER 20 Delving into subterranean solutions: A comparativeanalysis of 1D, 2D, and 3D groundwater modelsCHAPTER 21 Advanced nanomaterials for groundwater treatmentsustainabilityCHAPTER 22 Imagining the invisible: Codesigning adaptivemethodologies for groundwater governance in small islandsCHAPTER 23 Assessing the impacts of climate change on groundwaterCHAPTER 24 Uncovering the pressing groundwater challenges,public health, and technology-based solution:CHAPTER 25 Microbial remediation of arsenic from groundwater and soilCHAPTER 26 Community-based sustainable water managementpractices, strategy, technology, and innovation: A significantmouza scale study in foothill of Garpanchakot, West Bengal
