Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management

• From the Contents: Aridity and Drought.- Geology of Arid Lands.- Aquifer Concepts in Arid Lands.- Introduction to Aquifer Hydraulics.- Water Budget.- Precipitation and Evapotranspiration.- Recharge Concepts and Settings.- Sustainability and Safe Yield.- Assessment of Groundwater Resources.- Recharge Measurement in Arid and Semiarid Regions.- Environmental Isotopes.- Wadi Recharge Evaluation.- Microgravity.- Compaction and Land Subsidence.- Surface and Airborne Geophysics.- Borehole Geophysical Techniques.- Remote Sensing.- Geographic Information Systems.- Groundwater Flow and Solute-Transport Modeling.- Ancient Water Management.- Rainwater, Stormwater, and Fog Harvesting.- Managed Aquifer Recharge.

From the reviews:“This book focuses on the technologies available to assess, manage, and develop water resources in arid regions worldwide. … The book highlights the problems with past management methods and offers new solutions that take a holistic approach by recognizing and considering economic, sociocultural, and political issues. … the authors address current and best practices in easy-to-understand language. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through graduate students in environmental sciences/economics, engineering, or hydrogeology; researchers/faculty; professionals/practitioners; government officials in arid regions worldwide.” (M. E. Lenczewski, Choice, Vol. 50 (8), April, 2013)