Naslov
Groundwater resources under stress caused by global change

Autori
Bonacci, Ognjen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the IWA Specialist Groundwater Conference / Dimkić, Milan - Beograd : Jaroslav Černi Institute for the Development of Water Resources, 2011, 329-335

ISBN
978-86-82565-31-4

Skup
IWA Specialist Groundwater Conference

Mjesto i datum
Beograd, Srbija, 08.09.2011. - 10.09.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Plenarno

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
groundwater; climate change; anthropogenic influence; city; karst

Sažetak
Groundwater has very important social, environmental and economic values essential for sustainable development. It is the primary source of drinking water for more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. In this paper groundwater problems caused by global change (climate change and/or variability and anthropogenic interventions) in urban and karst areas are discussed. Groundwater has become an increasingly crucial issue facing many cities around on the planet today. Rapid population growth followed by uncontrolled spreading of urbanized areas leads to growing pressure on quantity and quality of groundwater resources. Abrupt changes of local, regional and maybe global natural and human induced hydrological and hydrogeological processes deeply and dangerously affect associated ecosystems. Essential element of sustainable groundwater management is differentiating between climate change and human impacts on groundwater quality and quantity. It seems that human interventions on the groundwater resources are likely to be more important than climate change in the foreseeable future.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Građevinarstvo

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