The aim of this book is to document for the first time the dimensions and requirements of effective integrated groundwater management (IGM). Groundwater management is a formidable challenge, one that remains one of humanity's foremost priorities. It has become a largely non-renewable resource that is over exploited in many parts of the world. In the 21st century, the issue moves from how to simply obtain the water we need to how we manage it sustainably for future generations, future economies, and future ecosystems.

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Part I Integration Overview and Problem Settings
• 1 Integrated Groundwater Management:​ An Overview of Concepts and Challenges - Anthony J. Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau, Randall J. Hunt, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Andrew Ross, Muhammad Arshad and Serena Hamilton
• 2 The International Scale of the Groundwater Issue - Michael N. Fienen and Muhammad Arshad
• 3 Disentangling the Complexity of Groundwater Dependent Social-ecological Systems - Olivier Barreteau, Yvan Caballero, Serena Hamilton, Anthony J. Jakeman and Jean-Daniel Rinaudo
• 4 Groundwater Management Under Global Change:​ Sustaining Biodiversity, Energy and Food Supplies - Jamie Pittock, Karen Hussey and Andrew Stone
• 5 Linking Climate Change and Groundwater - Timothy Richard Green
• Part II Governance
• 6 Groundwater Governance in Australia, the European Union and the Western USA - Andrew Ross
• 7 Groundwater Law - Rebecca Nelson and Philippe Quevauviller
• 8 Groundwater Regulation and Integrated Water Planning - Philippe Quevauviller, Okke Batelaan and Randall J. Hunt
• 9 Conjunctive Management Through Collective Action - Cameron Holley, Darren Sinclair, Elena Lopez-Gunn and Edella Schlager
• 10 The Social-Environmental Justice of Groundwater Governance - Marian J. Neal (Patrick), Francesca Greco, Daniel Connell and Julian Conrad
• 11 Social Justice and Groundwater Allocation in Agriculture:​ A French Case Study - Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Clémence Moreau and Patrice Garin
• Part III Biophysical Aspects
• 12 Ecohydrology and Its Relation to Integrated Groundwater Management - Randall J. Hunt, Masaki Hayashi and Okke Batelaan
• 13 Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems:​ Classification, Identification Techniques and Threats - Derek Eamus, Baihua Fu, Abraham E. Springer and Lawrence E. Stevens
• 14 Interactions of Water Quality and Integrated Groundwater Management:​ Examples from the United States and Europe - Kelly L. Warner, Fabienne Barataud, Randall J. Hunt, Marc Benoit, Juliette Anglade and Mark A. Borchardt
• 15 Soil and Aquifer Salinization:​ Toward an Integrated Approach for Salinity Management of Groundwater - Richard Greene, Wendy Timms, Pichu Rengasamy, Muhammad Arshad and Richard Cresswell
• 16 Managed Aquifer Recharge:​ An Overview of Issues and Options - Joël Casanova, Nicolas Devau and Marie Pettenati
• 17 Managed Aquifer Recharge in Integrated Water Resource Management - Peter Dillon and Muhammad Arshad
• Part IV Socioeconomics
• 18 Towards Integrated Groundwater Management in China - Jie Liu and Chunmiao Zheng
• 19 Social Science Contributions to Groundwater Governance - Allan Curtis, Michael Mitchell and Emily Mendham
• 20 Lessons to Be Learned from Groundwater Trading in Australia and the United States - Sarah Ann Wheeler, Karina Schoengold and Henning Bjornlund
• 21 Integrated Assessment of Economic Benefits of Groundwater Improvement with Contingent Valuation - Cécile Hérivaux and Jean-Daniel Rinaudo
• 22 Controlling Groundwater Exploitation Through Economic Instruments:​ Current Practices, Challenges and Innovative Approaches - Marielle Montginoul, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Nicholas Brozović and Guillermo Donoso
• 23 Liberation or Anarchy?​ The Janus Nature of Groundwater Use on North Africa's New Irrigation Frontiers - Marcel Kuper, Nicolas Faysse, Ali Hammani, Tarik Hartani, Serge Marlet, Meriem Farah Hamamouche and Fatah Ameur
• Part V Modeling and Decision Support
• 24 Incorporating Human Aspects into Groundwater Research and Policy Making:​ A Soft and Critical Systems Thinking Approach - Sondoss Elsawah and Joseph H. A. Guillaume
• 25 Decision Support Systems and Processes for Groundwater - Suzanne A. Pierce, John M. Sharp Jr and David J. Eaton
• 26 Integrated Groundwater Data Management - Peter Fitch, Boyan Brodaric, Matt Stenson and Nate Booth
• 27 Hydroeconomic Models as Decision Support Tools for Conjunctive Management of Surface and Groundwater - Manuel Pulido-Velazquez, Guilherme F. Marques, Julien J. Harou and Jay R. Lund
• 28 Methods for Exploring Uncertainty in Groundwater Management Predictions - Joseph H. A. Guillaume, Randall J. Hunt, Alessandro Comunian, Rachel S. Blakers and Baihua Fu
• Erratum to:​ Integrated Groundwater Management
• IGM Author Biographies