Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management

A large part of the global population lives in arid lands which have low rainfall and often lack the water required for sustainable population and economic growth. This book presents a comprehensive description of the hydrogeology and hydrologic processes at work in arid lands. It describes the tech...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Maliva, Robert (Autor), Missimer, Thomas (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Environmental Science,
Temas:
Environment.
Water.
Hydrology.
Geology.
Pollution.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the Contents: Aridity and Drought
  • Geology of Arid Lands
  • Aquifer Concepts in Arid Lands
  • Introduction to Aquifer Hydraulics
  • Water Budget
  • Precipitation and Evapotranspiration
  • Recharge Concepts and Settings
  • Sustainability and Safe Yield
  • Assessment of Groundwater Resources
  • Recharge Measurement in Arid and Semiarid Regions
  • Environmental Isotopes
  • Wadi Recharge Evaluation
  • Microgravity
  • Compaction and Land Subsidence
  • Surface and Airborne Geophysics
  • Borehole Geophysical Techniques
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Groundwater Flow and Solute-Transport Modeling
  • Ancient Water Management
  • Rainwater, Stormwater, and Fog Harvesting
  • Managed Aquifer Recharge.

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