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This book highlights various aspects of shale gas production and discusses the associated problems, which have greatly influenced the current situation on the global gas market. It focuses on issues such as production technologies, environmental protection, and the impacts of shale gas production on human beings. Further, it investigates the role of shale gas in the development and implementation of foreign policy of many nations that welcomed the possibility to produce this hydrocarbon in their own countries. Taking into consideration the information published by world energy research centers, the prospects of shale gas production in different regions of the world are examined in detail. Given its coverage and scope, the book will greatly benefit specialists in the areas of hydrocarbon production, international relations and foreign policy, world economics and technologies, ecology and environmental protection.

Environment. --- Fossil fuels. --- Geochemistry. --- Economic geology. --- Environmental chemistry. --- Environmental Chemistry. --- Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture). --- Economic Geology. --- Chemistry, Environmental --- Economic geology --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Fossil energy --- Geology, economic. --- Physical geology --- Mines and mineral resources --- Chemistry --- Ecology --- Earth sciences --- Fuel --- Energy minerals

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This book deals with the challenges for efficient groundwater management, with a focus on South Asia and India, providing a balanced presentation of theory and field practice using a multidisciplinary approach. Groundwater of South Asia is increasingly confronted with overuse and deteriorating quality and therefore requires urgent attention. Management of the stressed groundwater systems is an extremely complex proposition because of the intricate hydrogeological set-up of the region. Strategies for sustainable management must involve a combination of supply-side and demand-side measures depending on the regional setting and socio-economic situations. As a consequence, the challenges of efficient groundwater management require not only a clear understanding of the aquifer configuration, but also demand for the development of a comprehensive database of the groundwater occurrences and flow systems in each hydrogeological setting. In addition, drilling and well construction methods that are appropriate to different hydrogeological formations need to be implemented as well as real-time monitoring of the status of the groundwater use. Also corrective measures for groundwater that is threatened with depletion and quality deterioration need to be installed. Finally, the legal framework of groundwater needs to be rearticulated according to the common property aspect of groundwater. These challenges should revolve around effective groundwater governance by creating an atmosphere to support and empower community-based systems of decision-making and revisit the existing legal framework and groundwater management institutions by fostering community initiatives. This book is relevant for academics, professionals, administrators, policy makers, and economists concerned with various aspects of groundwater science and management.

Groundwater --- Management. --- Hydraulic engineering. --- Geochemistry. --- Hydrogeology. --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Water, general. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Environmental Geography. --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Chemistry --- Earth sciences --- Engineering, Hydraulic --- Engineering --- Fluid mechanics --- Hydraulics --- Shore protection --- Environmental sciences. --- Water. --- Remote sensing. --- Environmental geography. --- Geography --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Hydrology --- Environmental science --- Science --- Geohydrology --- Geology

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This volume presents up-to-date research on the Nile Delta and discusses the challenges involved in and opportunities for improving its productivity. The topics addressed include: groundwater in the Nile Delta and its quality; the mapping of groundwater with remote sensing technologies; land degradation; salt-affected soils; on-farm irrigation; the remediation of agricultural drainage water for sustainable reuse; the use of satellite images to estimate the bathymetry of coastal lakes; the assessment of the Nile Delta coastal zone and its management; its sediment and water quality; and fishing ports, fish and fisheries. The book closes with a review of the latest findings on the Nile Delta and offers conclusions and recommendations for future research to fulfill the requirements for sustainable development. It provides a unique and topical resource for researchers, graduate students and policymakers alike.

Environment. --- Water quality. --- Water pollution. --- Environmental management. --- Analytical chemistry. --- Geochemistry. --- Environmental chemistry. --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental Chemistry. --- Water Quality/Water Pollution. --- Analytical Chemistry. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Sustainable Development. --- Analytical biochemistry. --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Chemistry, Environmental --- Chemistry --- Ecology --- Chemical composition of the earth --- Chemical geology --- Geological chemistry --- Geology, Chemical --- Earth sciences --- Analytic biochemistry --- Biochemistry --- Chemistry, Analytic --- Environmental aspects --- Bioanalytic chemistry --- Bioanalytical chemistry --- Analytical chemistry --- Groundwater. --- Ground water --- Subterranean water --- Underground water --- Water, Underground --- Water --- Hydrogeology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Analysis, Chemical --- Analytic chemistry --- Chemical analysis --- Aquatic pollution --- Fresh water --- Fresh water pollution --- Freshwater pollution --- Inland water pollution --- Lake pollution --- Lakes --- Reservoirs --- River pollution --- Rivers --- Stream pollution --- Water contamination --- Water pollutants --- Water pollution --- Pollution --- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. --- Freshwater --- Freshwater quality --- Marine water quality --- Quality of water --- Seawater --- Seawater quality --- Environmental quality --- Quality --- Composition --- Pollution.