Integrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and ChallengesIntegrated Groundwater Management: Concepts, Approaches and Challenges, Anthony J. Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall J. Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Andrew Ross (Eds.), Springer Open (2016), 756 pp

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Abstract

Groundwater is the most important source for drinking water supply, but it contributes a lot also to irrigated agriculture in many parts of the world and to industrial activities for production processes, cooling, etc. Goundwaters are not just confined in subterranean aquifers. They are instead a crucial element of the dynamics of the hydrological cycle, and may valuable ecosystems rely on them for their survival. The fundamental functions and services offered by groundwater to social and

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Quite rightly in my opinion, the editors of this book argue that groundwater management is a grand challenge problem that needs attention from many socioeconomic and biophysical perspectives. The volume deals with management of groundwater, but its contents and the learning opportunities for the reader go well beyond the physical boundaries of that resource and its multiple perspectives apply to natural resources in general. The relationships between humans and nature are examined, touching a

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