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Re-Imagining the Guyanas / / Lawrence Aje, Thomas Lacroix, Judith Misrahi-Barak
Re-Imagining the Guyanas / / Lawrence Aje, Thomas Lacroix, Judith Misrahi-Barak
Autore Aje Lawrence
Pubbl/distr/stampa Montpellier, : Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2020
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (316 p.)
Altri autori (Persone) BahadurGaiutra
BoonSonja
BulkanJanette
Cambraia NeivaGabriel
CoxJuanita
CribbT. J
DabydeenCyril
ForsdickCharles
GrundLisa Katharina
GysselsKathleen
HopkinsonNatalie
KhanAteeka
KloßSinah Theres
LacroixThomas
Misrahi-BarakJudith
MitchellMichael
SeecharanClem
ShinebourneJanice Lowe
AjeLawrence
Collana Horizons anglophones
Soggetto topico Geography
écotones
Guyane française
Guyana
Suriname
migration
travail engagé
ecotones
French Guyane
indentured labour
Soggetto non controllato ecotones
French Guyane
Guyana
Suriname
migration
indentured labour
ISBN 2-36781-363-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910495996603321
Aje Lawrence  
Montpellier, : Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée, 2020
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Water resources of Pakistan : issues and impacts / / Muhammad Arif Watto, Michael Mitchell, Safdar Bashir, editors
Water resources of Pakistan : issues and impacts / / Muhammad Arif Watto, Michael Mitchell, Safdar Bashir, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) : illustrations
Disciplina 333.91009549
Collana World Water Resources
Soggetto topico Water-supply - Pakistan - Management
Water resources development - Pakistan
ISBN 3-030-65679-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Foreword 1 -- Foreword 2 -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Pakistan's Water Resources: Overview and Challenges -- 1.1 Overview of Pakistan's Water Resources -- 1.2 Pakistan - Water Challenges -- 1.3 Book Overview and Key Messages -- References -- Chapter 2: Pakistan's Water Resources: From Retrospect to Prospect -- 2.1 Introduction to Pakistan's Water Resources -- 2.2 Pakistan's Water Origins in the Middle Indus Valley -- 2.3 The Indefinite Indus Basin of Pakistan - August 1947 to September 1960 -- 2.4 From State Canals to Private Tube-Wells - 1960 to 2010 -- 2.5 The Great Flood and Back to the Future (2010-2020) -- 2.6 Prospect -- References -- Chapter 3: Pakistan's Transboundary Water Challenge -- 3.1 Pakistan's Transboundary Water Profile: Dependencies and Development Pressures in the Indus Basin -- 3.2 Nature of the Transboundary Water Challenge -- 3.2.1 Pakistan-India -- 3.2.2 Pakistan-Afghanistan -- 3.2.3 Pakistan-China -- 3.2.4 Effects of Climate Change on a Basin-Wide Scale -- 3.3 Legal and Institutional Architecture for Transboundary Water Sharing: Voids, Omissions and Spaces for Action -- 3.4 Transboundary Water Governance for Pakistan's Future -- References -- Chapter 4: Water Security in Pakistan: Availability, Accessibility and Utilisation -- 4.1 Water Security in Pakistan: A Broad Perspective -- 4.1.1 Defining Water Security -- 4.1.2 Water, Population and Uncertainty -- 4.1.3 Understanding the Resource at the National Scale -- 4.1.4 Beyond the Broad Perspective: Water Security at Local Scales -- 4.2 Perspective A: South Punjab -- 4.2.1 Context and Study Area -- 4.2.2 Agricultural Water Availability -- 4.2.3 Unsustainable Groundwater Extraction -- 4.2.4 Electric Tube-Wells and Policy Paradigm Shift -- 4.3 Perspective B: Karachi City -- 4.3.1 Water Availability -- 4.3.2 Water Demand -- 4.3.3 Access.
4.3.4 Water Quality and Hazards -- 4.4 Perspective C: Southern Sindh and the Indus Delta -- 4.4.1 Uncertain Water Availability -- 4.4.2 Water Security of the Indus Delta -- 4.5 Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 5: Climate Change in the Mountains of Pakistan and its Water Availability Implications -- 5.1 Background -- 5.2 Climatology of Northern Pakistan -- 5.3 Hydrology of Northern Pakistan -- 5.4 Cryospheric Profile of Pakistan -- 5.5 Climate Change in Pakistan -- 5.5.1 Changes in Precipitation and Temperature across the HKH Mountains of Pakistan -- 5.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 6: Pakistan's Water Resources in the Era of Climate Change -- 6.1 Geographical Location -- 6.2 Situation Analysis -- 6.3 Major Climatic Threats -- 6.3.1 Temperature Rise -- 6.3.2 Erratic Precipitation Patterns -- 6.3.3 Extreme Events (Floods and Droughts) -- 6.3.4 Glacier Melting -- 6.3.5 Sea Level Rise and Seawater Intrusion in the Indus Delta -- 6.4 Conclusions and the Way Forward -- References -- Chapter 7: Unlocking Economic Growth Under a Changing Climate: Agricultural Water Reforms in Pakistan -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Modelling Framework -- 7.2.1 The Water Demand Module -- 7.3 Scenarios and Key Assumptions -- 7.4 Indus Basin Water Balances in the CGE-W -- 7.4.1 CGE-W Climate Change Assumptions -- 7.5 Future Water Demand and Use -- 7.5.1 Crop-Wise Water Use -- 7.6 Connecting Economic Productivity and GDP Growth with Water Productivity -- 7.7 Dietary Change -- 7.8 Critical Agricultural Reforms -- 7.9 Improving Environmental Management -- 7.10 CGE-W Support to Reforms for a Water Secure Pakistan -- 7.10.1 Strategic Planning -- 7.10.2 Improvements in Irrigation and Drainage Services -- 7.10.3 Inter-sectoral Water Allocations -- 7.11 Conclusions -- References.
Chapter 8: Sustainability Analysis of Irrigation Water Management in Punjab, Pakistan -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.1.1 Punjab's Water Resources in the National Context -- 8.1.2 Typology of Farm Level Irrigation Management in Punjab -- 8.2 Sustainability Analysis of Irrigation Water Management in Punjab -- 8.2.1 Risk and Vulnerability -- 8.2.1.1 Reliability -- 8.2.1.2 Reversibility -- 8.2.2 Environmental System Integrity -- 8.2.2.1 The Health of Flood Plain Ecosystem -- 8.2.2.2 Water Quality -- 8.2.2.3 Resilience to Climate Change -- 8.2.3 Economic Acceptability and Equity -- 8.2.3.1 Self-Reliance -- 8.2.3.2 Water Use Efficiency -- 8.2.3.3 Equity -- 8.3 Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 9: Examining Irrigated Agriculture in Pakistan with a Water-Energy-Food Nexus Approach -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 An Historical Geographic Perspective on the WEF Nexus in the Indus Basin -- 9.3 The Modern WEF Nexus Framework: Perspectives, Levels and Scales -- 9.3.1 Perspectives -- 9.3.1.1 System Perspective -- 9.3.1.2 Governance Perspective -- 9.3.1.3 Emerging Discourse Perspective -- 9.3.1.4 Resource Recovery Perspective -- 9.3.1.5 Environmental Livelihood Security Perspective -- 9.3.1.6 Economic Optimisation Perspective -- 9.3.2 Levels of Analysis -- 9.3.2.1 Value Level -- 9.3.2.2 Normative Level -- 9.3.2.3 Pragmatic Level -- 9.3.2.4 Empirical Level -- 9.3.3 Scales of Analysis -- 9.3.3.1 Greater Pakistan Scale -- 9.3.3.2 Indus Basin Irrigation System Scale -- 9.3.3.3 Provincial Scale -- 9.3.3.4 Sub-Provincial Scales -- 9.3.4 Summary -- 9.4 WEF Nexus Challenges in Pakistan's Irrigated Agriculture Sector -- 9.4.1 Low Crop Yields and Water Productivity -- 9.4.2 Low Staple and Export Crop Diversification -- 9.4.3 Energy Use for Groundwater Pumping -- 9.4.4 Dated Surface Water Allocation Systems -- 9.4.5 Lack of a Regulatory Groundwater Policy Framework.
9.4.6 Adaptation of a Climate-and-Society Smart Irrigated Agriculture -- 9.4.7 Governing the WEF Nexus -- 9.5 Distributaries, Districts and DISCOs: A Way Forward for Implementing WEF Nexus Thinking in the Irrigated Agriculture Sector -- References -- Chapter 10: Groundwater Crisis: A Crisis of Governance? -- 10.1 Pakistan's Groundwater Crisis in the Global Context -- 10.2 Growing Dependency on Groundwater: A Case of Pakistan's Punjab Province -- 10.3 A Crisis of Governance? Insights from the History of Groundwater Governance in Punjab, Pakistan -- 10.3.1 Colonial Approach to Groundwater Governance -- 10.3.2 Post-colonial Groundwater Development -- 10.3.3 Historical Contingency and the Contemporary Groundwater Governance Problem -- 10.4 Implication for Water Policy and Groundwater Governance in Pakistan -- References -- Chapter 11: Spatial Variability of Groundwater Storage in Pakistan -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Geography and Climate of Pakistan -- 11.2.1 Groundwater Resources of Pakistan -- 11.3 Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Data -- 11.4 Methodology -- 11.4.1 Sen's Slope Estimator -- 11.4.2 Modified Mann-Kendall (MK) Test -- 11.4.3 Assessment of Spatial Patterns of Changes -- 11.5 Results and Discussion -- 11.5.1 Monthly and Yearly Variations in Groundwater Mean Storage -- 11.5.2 Spatial Patterns of Groundwater Storage Variations -- 11.5.3 Trends in Groundwater Storage Decline -- 11.6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12: Impacts of Water Quality on Human Health in Pakistan -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.1.1 Water Quality Definition and Global Context -- 12.1.2 Water Quality and Anthropogenic Impacts -- 12.1.3 Water Quality Status of Pakistan -- 12.1.4 Major Pollutants in Water Resources of Pakistan and Their Sources -- 12.2 Status of Microbial Pathogens in Water Resources of Pakistan and Their Health Impacts.
12.3 Status of Toxic Metals in Water Resources of Pakistan and Their Health Impacts -- 12.4 Impact of Water-Borne Diseases on the Pakistan Economy -- 12.5 Environmental Regulations in Pakistan -- 12.6 Recommended Strategies to Reduce Water-Borne Health Issues -- 12.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13: Improving Water Management in Pakistan Using Social-Ecological Systems Research -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Why Water Management in Pakistan Needs Improving: Groundwater as a Case Study -- 13.2.1 Ecological Impacts -- 13.2.2 Societal Impacts -- 13.2.3 Causes: A Social-Ecological Systems Analysis -- 13.3 Contributing to Improved Water Management Using the Practice of Social-Ecological Systems Research -- 13.3.1 Interdisciplinary Research: Building Partnerships Across Disciplines -- 13.3.1.1 What We Have Been Doing -- 13.3.1.2 Suggested Improvements -- 13.3.2 Transdisciplinary Research: Building Partnerships Between Researchers and Research Users -- 13.3.2.1 What We Have Been Doing -- 13.3.2.2 Suggested Improvements -- 13.3.3 Co-inquiry and Interventionist Research: Building Partnerships Between Researchers, Research Users and Research Beneficiaries -- 13.3.3.1 What We Have Been Doing -- 13.3.3.2 Mobile Application "Apna Pani" for Groundwater Data Collection and Visualisation -- 13.3.3.3 Suggested Improvements -- 13.3.4 Investment Planning -- 13.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14: A Roadmap for a Comprehensive Water Resources Forecast System for Pakistan -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.1.1 Forecast Paradigm -- 14.1.2 Model Scale -- 14.1.3 Forecast Uncertainty -- 14.2 Forecasting System Framework -- 14.2.1 Traditional Approach -- 14.2.2 Automated Approach -- 14.2.3 Hybrid Forecast Approach -- 14.3 Pakistan's Needs -- 14.3.1 Model Selection and Forecast System Design -- 14.3.2 Concept of Operations (CONOPS) -- 14.3.3 Staff Training.
14.3.4 Precipitation Processing System.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910483131603321
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]
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