Impact of Urbanization on Water Shortage in Face of Climatic Aberrations
The uncontrolled utilization of natural resources to supply to the water demands of the ever-growing population has brought about worldwide scarcity. The supply shortage has resulted in conflicts between countries, created prolonged drought, c
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Mrinmoy Majumder
Impact of Urbanization on Water Shortage in Face of Climatic Aberrations
123
Mrinmoy Majumder National Institute of Technology Agartala Agartala India
ISSN 2194-7244 ISSN 2194-7252 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology ISBN 978-981-4560-72-6 ISBN 978-981-4560-73-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-4560-73-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015937208 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author(s) 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd. is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The availability of water is under stress due to increase in population density, number of industries, degradation in quality of water and impact of climate change. The uneven distribution of water within different regions of the world is also attributed to be one of the reasons why water is scarce in many countries, whereas in some other countries the resource is so abundant that it is wasted for luxury. Moreover, the available resources of water is not optimally utilized. The method of water allocation followed in many countries has no specific rules or regulations. Allocation is carried out based on demand from consumers. In most countries distribution of water happens in a uniform manner without consideration of demand, socio-economic capacity or any other attributes of a consumer. Thus the consumer with a low demand is allocated the same amount of water as a high-demand consumer. In this manner, a lot of water is either wasted or remains non-utilized. Also, there are no specific methods to monitor and track the availability of water. There are some indicators developed in this aspect but they hav
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