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1 online resource (xviii, 277 pages) : More than 50% of the world's population already live in cities, and the proportion is rising extremely rapidly towards developed country levels of more than 90%. Groundwater from wells is the major source of water supply for many of these cities, however, groundwater is polluted by the cities that overlie it and sewerage systems are often absent, or leak. Industrial landuse implies the use of large quantities of chemicals, and it is the poor disposal and accidental spillage of these chemicals which results in the contamination of virtually every industrial site in the world. Much of thi Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) Print version record Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; CHAPTER 1 VALUES AND FUNCTIONS OF GROUNDWATER UNDER CITIES; CHAPTER 2 CHARACTERISTICS OF URBAN GROUNDWATER; CHAPTER 3 SOURCES, TYPES, CHARACTERISTICS AND INVESTIGATION OF URBAN GROUNDWATER POLLUTANTS; CHAPTER 4 MATURE INDUSTRIAL CITIES; CHAPTER 5 RAPIDLY-URBANISING ARID-ZONE CITIES; CHAPTER 6 URBAN AREAS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; CHAPTER 7 CITIES OVERLYING KARST AND KARST-LIKE AQUIFERS; CHAPTER 8 GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT IN URBAN ALLUVIAL AQUIFER SYSTEMS;

Author

David N Lerner; International Association of Hydrogeologists

Publisher

CRC Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9789058096296

Subjects

Engineering, Mathematics, Technology