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Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology (BRIEFSWATER)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Adaptive Water Management Projects
- Bioinspired Algorithms
- Extreme Events
- Land Use and Land Cover (LULC)
- Risk Analysis/Management
- Uncertainty Analysis
- Urbanization
- Virtual Water
- Water Efficiency
- Water Footprint
- Water Productivity
- Water Shortage
- Watershed Management
- urban geography and urbanism
- water policy
About this book
The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted   in conflicts between countries, created prolonged drought, closing of industrial units, shifting of local inhabitants etc. The abnormality in climatic patterns due to global warming has only enhanced the uncertainties. Unregulated discharge of waste water into fresh water resources is also polluting the available water resources and making them non-utilizable. That is why the discrepancy between water supply and demand is slowly but steadily becoming a problem, which may lead to conflict and inequality all over the world. The present investigation is an attempt to find the impact of urbanization in the face of climatic uncertainties on water shortage or scarcity. How is climate responsible? What urbanization factors have an influence on the extent of shortages?  What is the role of the socio-economicstatus of the inhabitants?  Industrialization? Consumption pattern? Each of the causes and effects were analyzed with the help of   data from a climate model, which was then fed into a hydrologic model. The hydrologic output data was then put into various other novel simulation platforms to predict the uncertainties that can be caused by urbanization in various sectors of the regions of interest. The impact was calculated based on IPCC recommended climatic and five distinct urbanization scenarios. The study results will help to predict what is in store of those living in the developing countries. Possible mitigation measures are also discussed.
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Book Title: Impact of Urbanization on Water Shortage in Face of Climatic Aberrations
Authors: Mrinmoy Majumder
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-73-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-4560-72-6Published: 06 May 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-981-4560-73-3Published: 24 April 2015
Series ISSN: 2194-7244
Series E-ISSN: 2194-7252
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 98
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Nuclear Chemistry, Hydrology/Water Resources, Urbanism, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Sustainable Development, Math. Appl. in Environmental Science