Groundwater Pollution in Africa
Yongxin Xu, Brent Usher
In 2000, various UN organizations launched a collaborative effort to assess the vulnerability of groundwater in several African cities. The project addressed the issue of aquifer vulnerability and the protection of groundwater quality. This book is a collection of thirty peer-reviewed papers on the topic, and provides a glimpse of the situation across the continent. The book begins with a broad overview of the situation in Africa, highlighting topics of special significance to the continent and presenting a variety of country perspectives. The subsequent papers provide specific case studies, introducing a range of diverse hydrogeological settings, with associated pollution sources, their causes and consequences. Methodologies for understanding impacts and for improving the situation are considered, with a view to the challenges ahead. The book will provide valuable reference and insight to professionals and decision-makers confronted with a wide diversity of challenges, including groundwater quality management in areas of rapid urbanisation in Africa and other developing areas.
వర్గాలు:
సంవత్సరం:
2006
ముద్రణం:
1
భాష:
english
పేజీల సంఖ్య:
368
ISBN 10:
041541167X
ISBN 13:
9780415411677
ఫైల్:
PDF, 9.89 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2006