Effects of human activities and urbanization on groundwater environments: An example from the aquifer system of Tokyo and the surrounding area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3165-3172

  Hayashi, Takeshi ^a   Tokunaga, Tomochika ^b   Aichi, Masaatsu ^b   Shimada, Jun ^c   Taniguchi, Makoto ^d  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Groundwater environment; Groundwater management; Kanto plain; Sustainability; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; KANTO PLAIN; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS; AQUIFERS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; URBANIZATION; WATER LEVEL;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; TOKYO; URBANIZATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 62749193886     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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