The Dilemma of Boundaries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Makoto Taniguchi, Takayuki Shiraiwa

      Pages 3-8

   3. Codification of International Law for Transboundary Aquifers by the United Nations

      • Chusei Yamada

      Pages 9-15

3. Ignored Linkage Between Surface and Subsurface Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Introduction

      • Takanori Nakano

      Pages 19-24

   3. Linkages Beyond the Surface–Subsurface and Land–Ocean Boundaries for Better Environmental Management in Asia

      • Makoto Taniguchi

      Pages 25-35

   4. The Nitrate–Arsenic Boundary as an Important Concept in Aquatic Environmental Studies

      • Takahiro Hosono

      Pages 37-53

   5. A Radon-Based Mass Balance Model for Assessing Groundwater Inflows to Lakes

      • William C. Burnett, Natasha Dimova

      Pages 55-66

4. Transboundary Linkage of Land and Ocean

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67

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   2. Introduction

      • Takeshi Nakatsuka

      Pages 69-71

   3. “Giant Fish-Breeding Forest”: A New Environmental System Linking Continental Watershed with Open Water

      • Takayuki Shiraiwa

      Pages 73-85

   4. Numerical Simulation of Dissolved Iron Production and Transport in the Amur River and the Sea of Okhotsk

      • Takeo Onishi, Humio Mitsudera, Keisuke Uchimoto

      Pages 87-105

   5. Transportation of Marine-Derived Nutrients (MDN) onto Land by Anadromous Fish: A Survey with Reference to Pacific Salmon in the Russian Far East

      • Takeshi Murota

      Pages 107-114

5. Impacts of Human-Made Boundaries

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Introduction

      • Stephen McCauley

      Pages 117-121

   3. National Boundaries and the Fragmentation of Governance Systems: Amur-Okhotsk Ecosystem from the Legal and Political Perspective

      • Yasunori Hanamatsu

      Pages 123-143

   4. History of ‘Uotsukirin’ (Fish-Breeding Forests) in Japan

      • Hiroshi Wakana

      Pages 145-160

   5. Integrating Groundwater Boundary Matters into Catchment Management

      • William Todd Jarvis

      Pages 161-176

   6. A Boundary Between Surface Water and Groundwater in Japanese Legal System: Its Consequences and Implications

      • Takahiro Endo

      Pages 177-189

Water circulates continuously and seamlessly on Earth with little regard for the boundaries we draw. There are natural boundaries as between land and ocean and surface and subsurface environments, as well as human or demographic boundaries between nations, cultures, and religions. Although considered necessary by societies, these human-created boundaries disrupt natural water circulation, leading to serious water-related environmental problems. The dilemma of how to manage water beyond our boundaries remains, and nations have different ways and means of controlling each form of water, whether as vapor, surface water, groundwater, or seawater. Recent findings on the interaction of water from land, oceans, and the atmosphere encourage researchers to undertake collaborative work that goes beyond the boundaries of each discipline, be it oceanography, surface and subsurface hydrology, climatology, or glaciology. Drawing on all these fields, the book focuses on two major boundaries: that between surface water and ground water, and that between terrestrial water and ocean water. This comprehensive work is of great value to experts in academia, international organizations, consulting firms, water resources, fisheries, and urban development planning agencies.

• Human--nature interactions
• biogeochemistry
• boundaries
• land-ocean interactions
• surface-subsurface interacttions
• water policy
• hydrogeology

• Research Institute for Humanity and Natu, Kyoto, Japan

  Makoto Taniguchi

• Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan

  Takayuki Shiraiwa

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