Groundwater Asia

Groundwater Asia
Mapping Groundwater Resilience to Climate Change and Human Development in Asian Cities
Groundwater Asia
Mapping Groundwater Resilience to Climate Change and Human Development in Asian Cities

Thesis

May 2020
Assessment of Groundwater Vulnerability to Climate Change, Land Use Change and Abstraction Scenarios in Lahore, Pakistan
  • Author: Rana Ammar Aslam
  • Committee: Prof. Sangam Shrestha (Chairperson), Dr. Duc Hoang Nguyen, Dr. Indrajit Pal, Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat, Dr. Muhammad Basharat (External expert)
Urban aquifers are facing increasing pressure from climate change, land-use change and abstraction, altering groundwater levels and threatening sustainable water consumption availability and utilisation. Therefore, this study projects future changes of climate, land use and abstraction, while analyzing the vulnerability of groundwater levels to [...]
  • Keywords: Groundwater vulnerability, Climate change, Adaptive capacity, Land-use change, Abstraction, Lahore
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May 2020
Mapping Groundwater Resilience to Climate Change and Human Development In Bangkok And Its Vicinity, Thailand
  • Author: Usha Ghimire
  • Committee: Dr. Sangam Shrestha (Chairperson), Prof. Mukund S. Babel, Dr. S. Mohana Sundaram, Dr. Oranuj Lorphensri (External Expert)
Groundwater is an essential resource for various uses and has great economic importance in Bangkok and its vicinity, Thailand. In this study area, groundwater is under immense pressure because of rapid urbanization, overexploitation of resources and climate change. Mapping groundwater resilience to climate change [...]
  • Keywords: Groundwater resiliency, Climate change, Human development, WetSpass, Dyna-CLUE, GMS-MODFLOW, Bangkok
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May 2019
Mapping Groundwater Resilience to Population and Landuse Development Scenarios: A Case of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Author: Riwaz Kumar Adhikari
  • Committee: Dr. Sangam Shrestha (Chairperson), Prof. Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat, Dr. Bui Tran Vuong (External Expert)
Groundwater is a very essential resource and a source of water in areas where the surface water sources are not adequate to meet the demand. But due to over-abstraction and reduced recharge, the sustainability of the groundwater is threatened. The groundwater in the context [...]
  • Keywords: Groundwater resiliency, Human development, SWAT, Dyna-CLUE, GMS-MODFLOW, HCMC
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May 2019
Mapping Groundwater Resiliency under Climate Change Scenarios: A Case Study of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
  • Author: Sanjiv Neupane
  • Committee: Dr. Sangam Shrestha (Chairperson), Prof. Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Dr. Sarawut Ninsawat, Dr. Vishnu Prasad Pandey (External Expert)
Groundwater resources in Kathmandu valley, Nepal is perceiving immense stress due to high rate of abstraction along with climate change. The upshot of over abstracting groundwater results in declining groundwater levels and further leads to social, environmental and economic problems. Climate change might add [...]
  • Keywords: Groundwater resiliency, Climate change, SWAT, GMS-MODFLOW, Kathmandu Valley
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