Overexploitation and contamination of shared groundwater resources: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Overexploitation and Contamination of Shared Groundwater Resources: Management, (Bio)Technological, and Political Approaches to Avoid Conflicts, Var

Forty percent of the world’s population depends upon increasingly scarce and shared water resources. This situation is critical at both international and national levels not only for socio-economic development, but also for the regional stability. The intensive use of groundwater for irrigation and water supply is adding pressures to scarce water resources and the environment through overexploitation and contamination which result in situations that may lead to conflicts. The book from the NATO ASI on ‘Overexploitation and Contamination ofShared Groundwater Resources Management, (Bio)technological, and Political Approaches to Avoid Conflicts’ is written by authors from different disciplines and regions of the world. Multi-disciplinary approaches including hydrogeological, environmental, (bio)technological and management aspects of shared groundwater resources integrating social, economic and political dimensions as well as legal and educational perspectives Comprehensive study of shared groundwater resources Latest issues on transboundary water resources and conflicts INDICE: From the contents Preface.- Part I. Depletion and Contamination ofShared Groundwater Resources: An Overview.- Part II. Technique to Assessthe Depletion and Contamination of Shared Groundwater Resources.- Part III. Tools to Predict/Forecast the Future Depletion and Contamination of Shared Groundwater Resources.- Part IV. Sustainable Measures to Palliate the Overexploitation of Groundwater and Decontaminate Aquifers.- Part V. Approaches to Shared Groundwater Resources Management: Conflict Prevention and Resolution.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6984-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 488
• Fecha Publicación: 01/02/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés