Groundwater as a Key for Adaptation to Changing Climate and Society

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taniguchi, Makoto (Editor), Hiyama, Tetsuya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Global Environmental Studies,
• Subjects: Environment.; Hydrology.; Climate change.; Hydrogeology.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Environmental Management.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Climate Change.; Sustainable Development.

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, a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Groundwater Research and Management: New Directions and Re-invention
• 2 Groundwater as a Key of Adaptation to Climate Change
• 3 Vadose Zone Hydrology and Groundwater Recharge
• 4 Use of Water Quality Analysis for Groundwater Traceability
• 5 Ecohydrological Assessments on Nitrogen Behavior in the Headwater Wetland
• 6 Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow Using Stable Isotopes of Oxygen and Hydrogen as Natural Tracers
• 7 Evaluation of Groundwater Vulnerability and Sustainability Using GIS
• 8 The Kabu-ido System: Implications for Current Groundwater Management Policy.