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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Hara, Keishiro |
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Conference:
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Commoners and the Changing Commons: Livelihoods, Environmental Security, and Shared Knowledge, the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons |
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Location:
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Mt. Fuji, Japan |
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Conf. Date:
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June 3-7 |
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Date:
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2013 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/8908
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Sector:
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Water Resource & Irrigation |
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Region:
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East Asia
Middle East & South Asia |
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Subject(s):
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groundwater
sustainability
resource management
IASC
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Abstract:
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"This paper pays special attention to groundwater and discusses sustainable management of groundwater and governance. In particular, it explores problems as well as management practices related to groundwater in urban and peri-urban areas of economically developing Asian countries, such as Bangkok in Thailand, Bandung in Indonesia, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam and Tianjin in China. Due to excessive groundwater exploitation, declining water table and consequential land subsidence have been commonly observed in these Asian cities. Land subsidence has caused many societal problems, including damages to urban infrastructures. Groundwater quality has also been degraded in these cities, posing threats to human health of local people. These examples illustrate the failure of sound groundwater management, which shall negatively affect the regional sustainability. It examines groundwater management practices in these case study cities from the viewpoint of policy measures and management that are essential for coping with the associated problems. I argue that timely measures, integrated approach and stakeholders' participations, while fully taking into account the local socioeconomic conditions, are of vital importance to tackle the complex groundwater related problems and to ensure the soundness of the essential local commons in rapidly urbanizing areas of Asian cities."
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