The Dilemma of Boundaries

This book focuses on the boundary between surface water and ground water, and that between drainage area and ocean water. Discussion extends to human-made boundaries, redrawing the 'catchment' concept to overcome the disadvantages of artificial boundaries.

Water circulates continuously and seamlessly on Earth with little regard for the boundaries we draw. There are natural boundaries as between land and ocean and surface and subsurface environments, as well as human or demographic boundaries between nations, cultures, and religions. Although considered necessary by societies, these human-created boundaries disrupt natural water circulation, leading to serious water-related environmental problems. The dilemma of how to manage water beyond our boundaries remains, and nations have different ways and means of controlling each form of water, whether as vapor, surface water, groundwater, or seawater. Recent findings on the interaction of water from land, oceans, and the atmosphere encourage researchers to undertake collaborative work that goes beyond the boundaries of each discipline, be it oceanography, surface and subsurface hydrology, climatology, or glaciology. Drawing on all these fields, the book focuses on two major boundaries: that between surface water and ground water, and that between terrestrial water and ocean water. This comprehensive work is of great value to experts in academia, international organizations, consulting firms, water resources, fisheries, and urban development planning agencies.

New concept for water management beyond the dilemma of boundaries Interdisciplinary methods from both natural and social sciences Lingages between surfacesubsurface and landocean water, and impact of human-made boundaries Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Contenu

Preface

Part I Ignored Linkage between Surface and Sub-surface Environments

Part II Transboundary Linkage of Land and Ocean

Part III Impacts of Human-made Boundaries

Part IV Challenge for New Management beyond the Boundaries

Index

List of Authors

Key word index.