Climate Change and Groundwater: Planning and Adaptations for a Changing and Uncertain Future: Wsp Methods in Water Resources Evaluation Series No. 6

By Robert Maliva

Book Overview

This book attempts to bridge the gap between the climate change research and decision-making communities by exploring the impacts of climate change on groundwater from a more applied perspective. Global climate change will impact groundwater demands, quality, and available supplies, and rising sea level may cause water tables to rise, inundating low-lying coastal areas. Groundwater will increasingly be needed to perform a stabilization role in mitigating fluctuations in the supply of surface waters, serving as a buffer against droughts. Climate change has become a frequent subject in the mass media, and the academic literature on the subject is now enormous. An impediment to climate change adaptation with respect to water is a poor link between the climate change research community and the actual decision-makers responsible for water supply planning. Key issues explored are methods for evaluating potential impacts on climate change on local groundwater systems, the adaptation of decision-making process, and how climate change adaptation can be mainstreamed into the water supply planning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030668150
• ISBN13: 9783030668150
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"