Groundwater overexploitation in the North China Plain : a path to sustainability / Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Haijing Wang, Yu Li, Lu Wang, Ning Li.
2022
GB1138.N6
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Title
Groundwater overexploitation in the North China Plain : a path to sustainability / Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Haijing Wang, Yu Li, Lu Wang, Ning Li.
Author
Kinzelbach, Wolfgang, author
ISBN
9789811658433 (electronic bk.)
9811658439 (electronic bk.)
9789811658426 (print)
9811658439 (electronic bk.)
9789811658426 (print)
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2022]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 157 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-16-5843-3 doi
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GB1138.N6
Dewey Decimal Classification
628.1/14
Summary
Over-pumping of aquifers is a worldwide problem, mainly caused by agricultural water use. Among its consequences are the falling dry of streams and wetlands, soil subsidence, die-off of phreatophytic vegetation, saline water intrusion, increased pumping cost and loss of storage needed for drought relief. Stopping or reversing the trend requires management interventions. The North China Plain serves as an example. A management system is set up for a typical county. It contains three components: monitoring, decision support based on modelling, and implementation in the field. Besides all monitoring data, the decision support module contains an irrigation calculator, a box model, and a distributed groundwater model to project the outcomes of different water allocation scenarios. In view of grain security, a solution combines an adaptation of the cropping system with imports of surface water from the South. The Open Access book does not only describe the problem and the path to its solution. It also gives access to nine manuals concerning methods used. They include computer programs and the game Save the Water. The Chinese experience should be of considerable interest to other regions in the world which suffer from over-pumping of aquifers.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Open access.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 18, 2021).
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Springer water, 2364-8198
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Print version: 9789811658426
Print version: 9789811658440
Print version: 9789811658457
Print version: 9789811658440
Print version: 9789811658457
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Policy options of over-pumping control in the NCP
Chapter 3 Cropping choices and farmers' options
Chapter 4 Decision support for local water authorities in Guantao County
Chapter 5 Way forward.
Chapter 2 Policy options of over-pumping control in the NCP
Chapter 3 Cropping choices and farmers' options
Chapter 4 Decision support for local water authorities in Guantao County
Chapter 5 Way forward.