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Groundwater Management in Asian Cities

Technology and Policy for Sustainability

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Satoshi Takizawa

    1. Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Part of the book series: cSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration (LSUR, volume 2)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Satoshi Takizawa
      Pages 3-11

    3. Groundwater Use and Management in Urban Areas

      • Satoshi Takizawa
      Pages 13-34

    4. Groundwater Resources in Urban Water Management

      • Yanjun Shen, Taikan Oki
      Pages 35-59

    5. Groundwater Potential in the Central District of Tokyo

      • Tomochika Tokunaga
      Pages 61-78

  3. Technologies for the Analysis of Urban Groundwater

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. The Shallow Groundwater Environment and the Risk of Soil Liquefaction

      • Takeshi Hayashi
      Pages 81-103

    3. Coupled Groundwater Flow/Deformation Modelling for Predicting Land Subsidence

      • Masaatsu Aichi
      Pages 105-124

    4. Groundwater Contamination in Urban Areas

      • Keisuke Kuroda, Tetsuo Fukushi
      Pages 125-149

    5. Detection of Microbial Contamination in Groundwater

      • Hiroyuki Katayama
      Pages 151-169

  4. Efficient Use of Groundwater Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. Environmental Systems Analysis of Urban Water Systems

      • Satoshi Ishii
      Pages 173-192

    3. Groundwater Use for Thermal Energy

      • Ryozo Ooka, Yujin Nam
      Pages 193-206

    4. Bioremediation of Groundwater and Soil in Urban Areas

      • Futoshi Kurisu
      Pages 207-221

  5. Groundwater Management in Asian Cities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223
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    2. Groundwater Management Policies in Asian Mega-Cities

      • Yatsuka Kataoka, Tetsuo Kuyama
      Pages 225-245

    3. Groundwater Contamination in Asian Coastal Cities: Case Study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

      • Micha Sigrist
      Pages 247-271

    4. Arsenic contamination in Hanoi City, Vietnam

      • Tran Thi Viet Nga
      Pages 273-299

    5. Health Risks of Fluoride in the Chiang Mai Basin, Thailand

      • Tomoko Takeda, Satoshi Takizawa
      Pages 301-327
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In 2007, the world's urban population surpassed the number of people living in rural areas and is still growing. The number of city dwellers who do not have access to piped water and rely on groundwater is also increasing. In many Asian cities, groundwater is not only the source of domestic water but also an important resource for industrial development, making better management of groundwater resources essential for sustainable development. Because groundwater is easier to access and costs less than water from piped systems, groundwater abstraction cannot be easily regulated. Policies for groundwater management adopted in Japan and other Asian countries are compared, and technologies for efficient use of groundwater are elucidated. Groundwater contamination is also a serious problem that exacerbates water scarcity in Asian cities. Case studies illustrate the cause and consequences of naturally occurring contaminants such as arsenic and fluoride, and groundwater contamination due to anthropogenic contaminants is described. Also discussed are technologies for treating contaminated groundwater to reduce the health risks of drinking contaminated groundwater.

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  • Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Satoshi Takizawa

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