| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps |
| Series |
World water resources, 2509-7385 ; volume 99 |
| Contents |
Pakistan's water resources : overview and challenges / Muhammad Arif Watto, Michael Mitchell, and Taimoor Akhtar -- Pakistan's water resources : from retrospect to prospect / James L. Wescoat Jr., Abubakr Muhammad, and Afreen Siddiqi -- Pakistan's transboundary water challenge / Fazilda Nabeel and Muhammad Jehanzeb Masud Cheema -- Water security in Pakistan : availability, accessibility and utilisation / Taimoor Akhtar, Hassaan F. Khan, and Daanish Mustafa -- Climate change in the mountains of Pakistan and its water availability implications / Muhammad Naveed Anjum [and 5 others] -- Pakistan's water resources in the era of climate change / Ghulam Hussain Dars [and 4 others] -- Unlocking economic growth under a changing climate : agricultural water reforms in Pakistan / Stephen Davies and William Young -- Sustainability analysis of irrigation water management in Punjab, Pakistan / Muhammad Abid, Mohsin Hafeez, and Muhammad Arif Watto -- Examining irrigated agriculture in Pakistan with a water-energy-food nexus approach / James L. Wescoat Jr. [and 4 others] -- Groundwater crisis : a crisis of governance? / Fazilda Nabeel -- Spatial variability of groundwater storage in Pakistan / Kamal Ahmed [and 4 others] -- Impacts of water quality on human health in Pakistan / Safdar Bashir [and 4 others] -- Improving water management in Pakistan using social-ecological systems research / Michael Mitchell [and 4 others] -- A roadmap for a comprehensive water resources forecast system for Pakistan / Thomas E. Adams III -- Ways forward to improve water security in Pakistan / Stephen Davies, Muhammad Arif Watto, and Erum Sattar |
| Summary |
This book presents the first comprehensive assessment of water resources in Pakistan including surface water resources and groundwater resources. It gives a detailed overview of issues and challenges related to water which have not been adequately addressed e.g. water resource vulnerability to climate change, groundwater depletion and contamination, and water governance etc. It includes a collection and compilation of unpublished and scattered data from the archives and repositories of various national institutions and organization. Given the literature dearth, this book will not only be a comprehensive assessment of water resources in Pakistan but can also can as outstanding textbook on water resource management in Pakistan. It will attract a great range of readership including water specialists, researchers, undergraduate and post graduate students and policy makers from Pakistan as well as from overseas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 20, 2021) |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- Pakistan -- Management
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Water resources development -- Pakistan
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Water resources development
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Water-supply -- Management
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Pakistan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Watto, Muhammad Arif, editor
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Mitchell, Michael, editor
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Bashir, Safdar, editor
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| ISBN |
9783030656799 |
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3030656799 |
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