Groundwater and Subsurface Environments

Human Impacts in Asian Coastal Cities

By: Makoto Taniguchi (Editor)

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Hardcover | 3 March 2011

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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.

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Subsurface Environmental Problems and Urban Development in Asia
What are the Subsurface Environmental Problems?: Groundwater and Subsurface Environmental Assessments Under the Pressures of Climate Variability and Human Activities in Asia	p. 3
Asian Urbanization and Its Environments	p. 19
Urban Development and Water Environment Changes in Asian Megacities	p. 35
Comparative Analysis on Land Use Distributions and Their Changes in Asian Mega Cities	p. 61
Groundwater Degradation and Resources Management
Monitoring Groundwater Variations Using Precise Gravimetry on Land and from Space	p. 85
The Proposed Groundwater Management for the Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia	p. 113
Review of Groundwater Management and Land Subsidence in Bangkok, Thailand	p. 127
Groundwater Contamination and Loads to the Ocean
Detecting Groundwater Inputs into Bangkok Canals Via Radon and Thoron Measurements	p. 145
Subsurface Pollution in Asian Megacities	p. 159
Subsurface Thermal Anomalies Due to Global Warming and Urbanization
Comparisons Between Air and Subsurface Temperatures in Taiwan for the Past Century: A Global Warming Perspective	p. 187
Evolution of the Subsurface Thermal Environment in Urban Areas: Studies in Large Cities in East Asia	p. 201
Urban Warming and Urban Heat Islands in Taipei, Taiwan	p. 231
Integrated Assessment of Subsurface Environments in Asia
Long-Term Urbanization and Land Subsidence in Asian Megacities: An Indicators System Approach	p. 249
Sinking Cities and Governmental Action: Institutional Responses to Land Subsidence in Osaka and Bangkok	p. 271
Chemical and Physical Evidences in the Groundwater Aquifer Caused by Over-Pumping of Groundwater and Their Countermeasures in the Major Asian Coastal Cities	p. 289
Index	p. 311
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