Elsevier Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions

Product Description Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions presents a compilation of compelling insights into groundwater scenarios within all groundwater-stressed regions across the world. Thematic sub-sections include groundwater studies on sources, scarcity, sustainability, security, and solutions. The chapters in these sub-sections provide unique knowledge on groundwater for scientists, planners, and policymakers, and are written by leading global experts and researchers. Global Groundwater: Source, Scarcity, Sustainability, Security, and Solutions provides a unique, unparalleled opportunity to integrate the knowledge on groundwater, ranging from availability to pollution, nation-level groundwater management to transboundary aquifer governance, and global-scale review to local-scale case-studies. Review "Groundwater is abstracted globally to meet our agricultural, domestic and industrial needs. The distribution of groundwater is highly heterogeneous and varies substantially between different geographical regions (Famiglietti, 2014). Similarly, groundwater management strategies also vary between different regions (Ahmad et al., 2020; Mushtaq et al., 2018; Quino Lima et al., 2020). In the Netherlands, for example, groundwater level and quality is effectively monitored throughout the country with a well-established monitoring network (Stuyfzand et al., 008). on on the groundwater issues from 14 different countries." --Elsevier, Groundwater for Sustainable Development "This book should prove to be a valuable resource for groundwater professionals, since it provides reviews of current technologies, and introduces the socioeconomic issues that should be considered in conjunction with the technical issues when developing groundwater management plans or addressing unforeseen crises. For policy makers, who, for the most part, are familiar with the socioeconomic issues, the book highlights the technical practices and solutions that promote the sustainable management of groundwater resources, such as monitoring the levels and quality of groundwater; the ways to manage both supply and demand; and the options for integrated management of multiple water sources, such as groundwater and surface water. Finally, for the general public, the book highlights the importance of groundwater and its value in our everyday lives, and provides an understanding of the technical and cultural difficulties that must be addressed to preserve the benefits of this most valuable resource for present and future generations." --GRIPP Review A compelling compilation of insights into groundwater-- an essential part of the water cycle, forming the largest source of liquid freshwater in the world About the Author Abhijit Mukherjee has a PhD from the University of Kentucky, USA and has also served as the Physical Hydrogeologist at the Alberta Geological Survey in Canada. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at the IIT in Kharagpur, India. Abhijit has over 20 years of teaching and research experience. Among many awards and recognitions, in 2016, he was conferred the National Geoscience Award by the President of India. Dr. Mukherjee has been selected for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize, the highest multidisciplinary science awards in India, for the year 2020 in Earth Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary Sciences. He has been Associate Editor of several journals, including the Journal of Hydrology, Applied Geochemistry, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, Frontiers in Environmental Science and Journal of Earth System Science. Bridget Scanlon has a PhD from the University of Kentucky, and is presently Fisher Endowed Chair in Geological Sciences and a Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, the University of Texas at Austi