Overview

Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth explores how groundwater, often invisibly, improves peoples’ lives and livelihoods. 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. Spring water, wells or boreholes have provided safe drinking water and reliable water for irrigation or industry for millennia. However, the hidden nature of groundwater often means that it’s important role both historically and in the present is overlooked. This collection helps fill this knowledge gap, providing a diverse set of new studies encompassing different perspectives and geographies. Different interdisciplinary methodologies are described that can help understand linkages between groundwater, livelihoods and growth, and how these links can be threatened by over-use, contamination, and ignorance. Written for a worldwide audience of practitioners, academics and students with backgrounds in geology, engineering or environmental sciences; Groundwater for Sustainable Livelihoods and Equitable Growth is essential reading for those involved in groundwater and international development.

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Author:   Viviana Re (University of Pisa, Italy) ,  Rodrigo Lilla Manzione (University of San Paolo, Brazil) ,  Tamiru A. Abiye (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) ,  Aditi Mukherji (International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Volume:   30
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367903862

ISBN 10:   0367903865
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   31 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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

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

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