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Groundwater as a Key for Adaptation to Changing Climate and Society

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Makoto Taniguchi

    1. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

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  2. Tetsuya Hiyama

    1. Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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  • Provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the adaptation of surface water/groundwater uses in the changing climate
  • Incorporates integrated indices toward sustainable water management under climate change
  • Explores the possible adaptation strategies on future water management under the changing environments
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Global Environmental Studies (GENVST)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Groundwater Research and Management: New Directions and Re-invention

    • Mary P. Anderson
    Pages 1-15

  3. Groundwater as a Key of Adaptation to Climate Change

    • Makoto Taniguchi
    Pages 17-27

  4. Vadose Zone Hydrology and Groundwater Recharge

    • Tsutomu Yamanaka
    Pages 29-44

  5. Use of Water Quality Analysis for Groundwater Traceability

    • Takanori Nakano
    Pages 45-67

  6. Ecohydrological Assessments on Nitrogen Behavior in the Headwater Wetland

    • Changyuan Tang
    Pages 69-82

  7. Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow Using Stable Isotopes of Oxygen and Hydrogen as Natural Tracers

    • Shinji Nakaya
    Pages 83-110

  8. Evaluation of Groundwater Vulnerability and Sustainability Using GIS

    • Tetsuya Hiyama, Insaf S. Babiker, Mohamed A. A. Mohamed
    Pages 111-127

  9. The Kabu-ido System: Implications for Current Groundwater Management Policy

    • Takahiro Endo
    Pages 129-142

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 143-145
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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 schemesand strategies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN), Kyoto, Japan

    Makoto Taniguchi

  • Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center (HyARC), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Tetsuya Hiyama

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