Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth

This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs.

Sommario

Introduction: Groundwater, sustainable livelihoods and equitable growth
1. Gunungsewu Karst Area, Indonesia
2. Case Study of Niger
3. Techiman Municipality of Ghana
4. Lomé urban area in Togo
5. Contribution of groundwater towards urban household water security
6. The experience of Sumé
7. Stubble burning in northwestern India
8. The case of Upper Tekeze River Basin, Northern Ethiopia
9. The northern part of the Lake Chad basin
10. Al Jabal Al Khader region (North East Libya)
11. Periurban areas in Brazil
12. The case of Malawi
13. The arid region of Kachchh
14. Mato Grosso do Sul State, Midwest of Brazil
15. The Upper Great Ruaha River Catchment of Tanzania
16. Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater: operational and water management strategies to build resilience, water security and adaptation
17. The case of six villages of Taunggyi District, Southern Shan State, Myanmar
18. Groundwater-driven paddy farming in West Bengal
19. Small-scale groundwater irrigation in Lao PDR

Info autore

Viviana Re, Rodrigo Lilla Manzione, Tamiru A. Abiye, Aditi Mukherji, Alan MacDonald

Riassunto

This unique collection of 19 studies captures experiences of groundwater making a difference in 16 countries in Africa, South America and Asia. Such studies are rarely documented and this book provides a rich new collection of interdisciplinary analysis. The book is published in colour and includes many original diagrams and photographs.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: V. Manzione Re, Viviana (University of Pisa Re
• Con la collaborazione di: T.A. Abiye (Editore), Tamiru A. Abiye (Editore), A. Macdonald (Editore), Alan MacDonald (Editore), MacDonald Alan (Editore), R.L. Manzione (Editore), Rodrigo Lilla Manzione (Editore), A. Mukherji (Editore), Aditi Mukherji (Editore), Mukherji Aditi (Editore), V. Re (Editore), Viviana Re (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780367903862
• ISBN: 978-0-367-90386-2
• Pagine: 392
• Serie: IAH - International Contributions to Hydrogeology
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, Environmental Management, Geology, geomorphology and the lithosphere, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, Geology & The Lithosphere