Groundwater Management in Asian Cities: Technology and Policy for Sustainability - cSUR-UT Series: Library for Sustainable Urban Regeneration 2008 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- List of Authors -- Part I. Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas -- 1. Introduction / Satoshi Takizawa -- 1.1. Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas -- 1.2. Analysing and Addressing the Groundwater Problem -- 1.3. Outline of Chapters -- 2. Groundwater Use and Management in Urban Areas / Satoshi Takizawa -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Urban Development and Groundwater Resources -- 2.3. Groundwater Contamination in Urban Areas -- 2.4. Groundwater Treatment Technologies -- 2.5. Conclusion -- References -- 3. Groundwater Resources in Urban Water Management / Yanjun Shen, Taikan Oki -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Urban Water Use in the World -- 3.3. Groundwater Resources in Urban Water Management -- 3.4. Development of Urban Groundwater Resource in Chinese Cities -- 3.5. Conclusion -- References -- 4. Groundwater Potential in the Central District of Tokyo / Tomochika Tokunaga -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Hydrogeological System in the Central Districts of Tokyo and its Surroundings -- 4.3. Historical Change of the Groundwater Situation in the Central Part of Tokyo -- 4.4. New Methods for the Strategic Management of Groundwater Resources -- 4.5. Conclusion -- References -- Part II. Technologies for the Analysis of Urban Groundwater -- 5. The Shallow Groundwater Environment and the Risk of Soil Liquefaction / Takeshi Hayashi -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Characteristics of the Shallow Groundwater Environment in Urban Areas -- 5.3. Shallow groundwater and soil liquefaction -- 5.4. Case Study in Eastern Tokyo -- 5.5. Conclusions -- References -- 6. Coupled Groundwater Flow/Deformation Modelling for Predicting Land Subsidence / Masaatsu Aichi -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Theoretical background of Groundwater Flow/Deformation Coupled Processes in variably saturated porous media -- 6.3. Nested Modelling Approach -- 6.4. Application to the Central Districts of Tokyo -- 6.5. Conclusion -- References -- 7. Groundwater Contamination in Urban Areas / Keisuke Kuroda, Tetsuo Fukushi -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Groundwater Contamination in Urban Areas -- 7.3. Tools for Analysing Groundwater Contamination in Urban Areas -- 7.4. Nitrogen Contamination of Groundwater in Tokyo -- 7.5. Conclusion -- References -- 8. Detection of Microbial Contamination in Groundwater / Hiroyuki Katayama -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Pathogen control strategy -- 8.3. Source of Faecal Contamination of Groundwater -- 8.4. Fate and Transport of Pathogens -- 8.5. Outbreaks of Waterborne Disease by Drinking Groundwater -- 8.6. Monitoring of pathogens and indicator microbes -- 8.7. Treatment technology -- 8.8. Case Study of Tokyo -- 8.9. Conclusion -- References -- Part III. Efficient Use of Groundwater Resources -- 9. Environmental Systems Analysis of Urban Water Systems / Satoshi Ishii -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Water Supply Systems in Cities -- 9.3. Assessment of Water Supply Systems and Their Environmental Implications -- 9.4. Environmentally Sound Use of Groundwater -- 9.5. Case study: Use of Shallow Groundwater in a Decentralised Water System in Tokyo -- 9.6. Conclusion -- References -- 10. Groundwater Use for Thermal Energy / Ryozo Ooka, Yujin Nam -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Groundwater Heat Pump Systems -- 10.3. Practical Application of the Thermal Energy of Groundwater -- 10.4. Conclusion -- References -- 11. Bioremediation of Groundwater and Soil in Urban Areas / Futoshi Kurisu -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Bioremediation of Groundwater and Soil -- 11.3. Bioremediation of Chlorinated Ethylene Contaminations -- 11.4. Bioremediation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons -- 11.5. Conclusion -- References -- Part IV. Groundwater Management in Asian Cities -- 12. Groundwater Management Policies in Asian Mega-Cities / Yatsuka Kataoka, Tetsuo Kuyama -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Groundwater Management in Bandung: Struggling for Effective Implementation -- 12.3. Groundwater Management in Bangkok: Regulating Groundwater Abstraction by Economic Instruments -- 12.4. Groundwater Management in Osaka City, Japan: Control of Groundwater Use by Providing Alternative Water -- 12.5. Conclusion -- References -- 13. Groundwater Contamination in Asian Coastal Cities: Case Study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Micha Sigrist -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Hydrogeological Characteristics of Asian Coastal Cities -- 13.3. Case Study in Ho Chi Minh City -- 13.4. Conclusion -- References -- 14. Arsenic Contamination in Hanoi City, Vietnam / Tran Thi Viet Nga -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Toxicity and Occurrence of Arsenic -- 14.3. Arsenic Contamination in Hanoi City -- 14.4. Conclusion -- References -- 15. Health Risks of Fluoride in the Chiang Mai Basin, Thailand / Tomoko Takeda, Satoshi Takizawa -- 15.1. Introduction -- 15.2. Fluoride Toxicity and Occurrence in Groundwater -- 15.3. Fluoride Occurrence in Asian Countries -- 15.4. Case Study: Fluoride Intake and Health Effects in Chiang Mai Basin, Thailand -- 15.5. Conclusion -- References -- Index.