Title Groundwater and subsurface environments : human impacts in Asian coastal cities / Makoto Taniguchi, Editor

Published Tokyo ; New York : Springer, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) Contents Groundwater and SubsurfaceEnvironments -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Subsurface Environmental Problems and Urban Development in Asia -- Chapter 1: What are the Subsurface Environmental Problems? -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Study Area and Methods -- 1.3 Degradation of Groundwater Resources Due to Climate Variation and Human Activities -- 1.4 Subsurface Thermal Anomalies Due to Surface Warming -- 1.5 Material Contamination -- 1.6 Land Cover/Use Analysis for Subsurface Environments -- 1.7 Integrated Indicators -- 1.8 Conclusion -- References Chapter 2: Asian Urbanization and Its Environments2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Asian Urban History -- “The struggle for sustainable development will be won or lost in the cities of the world�4 -- 2.3 Urban Environments and Their Social Organizations -- 2.4 Technological and Social Developments5 -- 2.5 Next Steps -- 2.5.1 Protocol for Assessing the Health of the SubsurfaceUrban Environment -- 2.5.2 Modeling Urban Sustainability -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Urban Development and Water Environment Changes in Asian Megacities -- 3.1 Introduction 3.1.1 Objective3.1.2 Methodology -- 3.2 Beginning and Subsequent Development of the Megacities -- 3.2.1 Tokyo and Osaka -- 3.2.2 Seoul and Taipei -- 3.2.3 Bangkok -- 3.2.4 Jakarta and Manila -- 3.3 Water Environment Changes and Water Environment Issues -- 3.3.1 Tokyo -- 3.3.2 Osaka -- 3.3.3 Seoul -- 3.3.4 Taipei -- 3.3.5 Bangkok -- 3.3.6 Jakarta -- 3.3.7 Manila -- 3.4 Connection Between Urban Development and Water Environment Changes -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References Chapter 4: Comparative Analysis on Land Use Distributions and Their Changes in Asian Mega Cities4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Methodology -- 4.3 Result -- 4.3.1 Tokyo -- 4.3.2 Osaka -- 4.3.3 Seoul -- 4.3.4 Taipei -- 4.3.5 Manila -- 4.3.6 Bangkok -- 4.3.7 Jakarta -- 4.4 Discussion -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Groundwater Degradation and Resources Management -- Chapter 5: Monitoring Groundwater Variations Using Precise Gravimetry on Land and from Space -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 In Situ Measurements -- 5.2.1 Role of Precise Gravity Measurements 5.2.2 A-10 Absolute Gravimeter5.2.2.1 Overview of A10 -- 5.2.2.2 Test Measurements Using A10-017 -- 5.2.3 Configuration of the Combined Survey for Groundwater Monitoring -- 5.2.4 Surveys in Jakarta, Indonesia -- 5.3 Satellite Gravimetry for Hydrology -- 5.3.1 GRACE Mission -- 5.3.1.1 GRACE Data -- 5.3.1.2 Data Processing of the Level 2 Data -- Spatial Filtering -- Time Series of the Mass Variations -- 5.3.2 Land Water Variation in Indochina Peninsula -- 5.4 The 2006 Australian Drought -- 5.5 Role of Hydrological Models -- 5.6 Concluding Remark -- References Summary 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 Analysis milieu environment geografie geography afvalwaterbehandeling waste water treatment waterbeheer water management ruimtelijke ordening physical planning regionale planning regional planning hydrogeologie hydrogeology Environmental Sciences (General) Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Groundwater -- Asia Subsidences (Earth movements) Pollution. Geography Environmental Pollution subsidences. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Environnement. Climat. Groundwater Subsidences (Earth movements) Asia Form Electronic book Author Taniguchi, Makoto, 1959- ISBN 9784431539049 4431539042 9784431539032 4431539034 1283082977 9781283082976 9786613082978 661308297X

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