Sustainable water solutions in the western desert, Egypt : Dakhla Oasis

Sustainable water solutions in the western desert, Egypt : Dakhla Oasis / Erina Iwasaki, Abdelazim M. Negm, Salwa F. Elbeih, editors.

This book is a multidisciplinary manuscript bringing together contributions on water issues from natural and social scientists focused on water management and structures in a challenging environmental situation such as Dakhla Oasis in Egypt's western desert. The authors of this book are relevan...

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Other Authors: Iwasaki, Erina (Editor), Negm, Abdelazim M. (Editor), Elbeih, Salwa F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2021]
Series:Earth and environmental sciences library.
Subjects:
Water-supply > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis.
Water resources development > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis.
Sustainable development > Egypt > Dakhla Oasis.
Environmental management.
Hydrology.
Hydrogeology.
Sustainable development.
Water > Pollution.
environmental control.
sustainable development.
Environmental management
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Sustainable development
Water > Pollution
Water resources development
Water-supply
Egypt > Dakhla Oasis
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to "Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt: Dakhla Oasis" (Abdelazim M. Negm)
  • Chapter 2. The Egyptian Western Desert: Water, Agriculture and the Culture of Oases Communities (Soheer Hussen Ibrahem Mohammed)
  • Part II: Geology, Geomorphology, Archaeology and Climate
  • Chapter 3. The Geology of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (El-Sayed Zaghloul)
  • Chapter 4. Geomorphology of Dakhla Depression (Atef Moatamed A. Mohamed)
  • Chapter 5. Archaeological Sites in Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (El-Sayed Abbas Zaghloul)
  • Chapter 6. Climate Features of Dakhla Oasis (Reiji Kimura)
  • Part III: Land use, soil and Cultivation
  • Chapter 7. Aeolian Sand Transport Potential and its Environmental Impact in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (Abbas M. Sharaky)
  • Chapter 8. Soil Conditions of Dakhla Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt (Abdelaziz Belal)
  • Chapter 9. Remote Sensing and GIS for Land Use / Land Cover Change Detection in Dakhla Oasis (Adel Shalaby)
  • Chapter 10. Crop Diversification and its Efficiency in Rashda Village, Dakhla Oasis (Erina Iwasaki)
  • Part IV: Hydrological Aspects and Water Resources. Chapter 11. Hydrologeological and Hydrological Conditions of Dakhla Oasis (Salwa F. Elbeih)
  • Chapter 12. History of Wells in Rashda Village (Erina Iwasaki)
  • Chapter 13. Development of Land Use and Groundwater in Rashda Village (Dakhla Oasis), 1960s-2018 (Erina Iwasaki)
  • Chapter 14. Detecting and Controlling the Water Logging in El-Dakhla Basin (El-Sayed E. Omran)
  • Chapter 15. Hydrogeophysical Investigations Using DC Resistivity Survey to Assess the Water Potentialities of the Shallow Aquifer Zone in East of Dakhla Oasis, Egypt (Khaled S. Gemail)
  • Part V: Conclusions
  • Chapter 16. Update, Conclusions, and Recommendations of "Sustainable Water Solutions in the Western Desert, Egypt" (Erina Iwasaki).

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