Groundwater and subsurface environments : human impacts in Asian coastal cities
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Groundwater and subsurface environments : human impacts in Asian coastal cities
Springer, c2011
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Some of the chapters have been translated in part from the book 'Subsurface environment in Asia' originally published in Japanese by Gakuho-sha (Makoto Taniguchi, editor)."--Pref., p. vii
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Excessive groundwater pumping, groundwater contamination, and subsurface thermal anomalies have occurred frequently in Asian coastal cities, greatly disturbing the urban aquifer and the subsurface environment. In this volume, the relationship between the stage of a city's development and subsurface environment issues have been explored. Intensive field surveys were done in Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok, Jakarta, and Manila. New, advanced methods, including satellite, tracer techniques, and the social economy model, were developed to evaluate subsurface conditions. Groundwater storage and groundwater recharge rates, as well as the accumulation and transport of pollutants, have been compiled as integrated indices of natural capacities under climate and social changes, and used to evaluate the vulnerability risk for all cities. The indices have been made on a yearly basis for seven cities for a century (1900-2000). Using these indicators it is now possible to manage groundwater resources in a sustainable fashion. This volume is indispensable to researchers in hydrology, coastal oceanography, civil engineering, urban geography, social economy, climatology, geothermics, and urban management.
Table of Contents
Part I Subsurface Environmental Problems and Urban Development in Asia
1. What are the Subsurface Environmental Problems? Makoto Taniguchi -2. Asian Urbanization and Its Environments Gayl D. Ness -3. Urban Development and Water Environment Changes in Asian Megacities Akihisa Yoshikoshi -4. Comparative Analysis on Land Use Distributions and Their Changes in Asian Mega Cities Akio Yamashita
Part II Groundwater Degradation and Resources Management
5. Monitoring Groundwater Variations Using Precise Gravimetry on Land and from Space Yoichi Fukuda -6. The Proposed Groundwater Management for the Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia Robert M. Delinom -7. Review of Groundwater Management and Land Subsidence in Bangkok, Thailand Oranuj Lorphensri, Anirut Ladawadee, and Surapol Dhammasarn
Part III Groundwater Contamination and Loads to the Ocean
8. Detecting Groundwater Inputs into Bangkok Canals Via Radon and Thoron Measurements Supitcha Chanyotha, Makoto Taniguchi, and William C. Burnett -9. Subsurface Pollution in Asian Megacities Shin-ichi Onodera
Part IV Subsurface Thermal Anomalies Due to Global Warming and Urbanization
10. Comparisons Between Air and Subsurface Temperatures in Taiwan for the Past Century: A Global Warming Perspective Chieh-Hung Chen, Chung-Ho Wang, Deng-Lung Chen, Yang-Yi Sun, Jann-Yenq Liu, Ta-Kang Yeh, Horng-Yuan Yen, and Shu-Hao Chang -11. Evolution of the Subsurface Thermal Environment in Urban Areas: Studies in Large Cities in East Asia Makoto Yamano -12. Urban Warming and Urban Heat Islands in Taipei, Taiwan Yingjiu Bai, Jehn-Yih Juang, and Akihiko Kondoh
Part V Integrated Assessment of Subsurface Environments in Asia
13. Long-Term Urbanization and Land Subsidence in Asian Megacities: An Indicators System Approach Shinji Kaneko and Tomoyo Toyota -14. Sinking Cities and Governmental Action Institutional Responses to Land Subsidence in Osaka and Bangkok Takahiro Endo -15. Chemical and Physical Evidences in the Groundwater Aquifer Caused by Over-Pumping of Groundwater and Their Countermeasures in the Major Asian Coastal Cities Jun Shimada
Index
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