seasonal runoff where four hydrological
periods/seasons were specified: winter low water,
spring-summer flood, summer low water and
autumn low water. A total of 13 typological
geosystem groups (landscapes) were selected to
account for a landscape structure of river basins.
The combined models for normalization and
spatial generalization of monthly precipitation,
temperature and hydro-chemical runoff of river
basin of the Altai-Sayan mountain country have
been estimated and analyzed in Chap. 8. Aladyshkina (et al.) tried to understand the integrated water resource management, which is a
process that promotes the comprehensive development and management of water, land and other
resources. This promoted to enhance socioeconomic well-being inclusively without compromising the sustainability of the vital ecosystem.
The sharing of water in different regions creates
the social conflicts which later concluded with
basin agreements. It is concluded only for interregional water objects, i.e., catchment area which
is located within several subjects of the Russian
Federation. It does not take into account the
cross-border nature of water objects located in
the territory of one subject of the Russian Federation but covers the boundaries of several
administrative areas.
Chapter 9 on ‘Water resources of Madhya
Pradesh: Contemporary issues and challenges’,
by Sharma analyzes the regional variation in
potential as well as utilization of water resources
within the state following variations in hydrogeological aquifers, precipitation pattern, land
use and cropping structure. Various issues such
as inter-state river water disputes, rapid silting of
reservoirs, water pollution; waterlogging and
salinization have been addressed. Sergey V.
Kholodkevich et al. in Chap. 10 have discussed
the quality of the natural water incoming on
water intakes of water supply in certain European
countries. The uses of high level of chemical in
drinking water are danger and economic losses in
such cases depend on speed of acceptance of the
management decisions directed to their prevention and elimination. They have analyzed that the
BioArgus-W is a science-based, multi-parameter,
multi-level biomonitoring system comprising
several building blocks. Even a failure in one of
them can reduce partly or entirely a whole system efficiency. The main distinctive features of
the BioArgus-W system are test organisms
(crayfish and fish) used as the sensors.
Chapter 11 by Ravi S Singh and Sarah Ahmad
elaborated that water is regarded as the ultimate
source of life in all the world religions including
Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and
Zoroastrianism and provides a run-through of
water symbolism of world religions followed by
focusing on the various facets of water in Islam.
Water is an essential element for the survival of
living creatures on the globe. Our dependency on
the water can be seen from the daily chores to
economic activities such as agriculture, industries, or public health, safety and recreation. This
chapter aims to outline different roles of water in
the Islamic teachings and its applicability in
today’s world for instance, in water conservation.
Chapter 12 by Singh et al. analyzed ‘Water
resource management through ecological
restoration in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand’.
The study focuses on ecological restoration for
the water resource management, integration of
extreme events, climatic vulnerability, land use
land cover (LULC) changes and natural resource
for sustainable development planning. It has also
been discussed that climate change and anthropogenic activities are continuously disturbing the
natural system of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its
impact on sustainable development and water
potential is clearly visible according to the
authors assessment output.
Jana et al. in their Chap. 13 on ‘Changing
rainfall patterns and their linkage to floods in
Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin, India: Implications
for water resource management’, have discussed
the synoptic view of recent changes in the patterns of rainfall and their linkages to extreme
floods in Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin (BHB). This
study provides a better understanding of longterm and short-term trends and variations in
rainfall and ascertains whether the extreme
floods. The analysis reveals a long-term
insignificant declining trend of annual as well
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periods/seasons were specified: winter low water,
spring-summer flood, summer low water and
autumn low water. A total of 13 typological
geosystem groups (landscapes) were selected to
account for a landscape structure of river basins.
The combined models for normalization and
spatial generalization of monthly precipitation,
temperature and hydro-chemical runoff of river
basin of the Altai-Sayan mountain country have
been estimated and analyzed in Chap. 8. Aladyshkina (et al.) tried to understand the integrated water resource management, which is a
process that promotes the comprehensive development and management of water, land and other
resources. This promoted to enhance socioeconomic well-being inclusively without compromising the sustainability of the vital ecosystem.
The sharing of water in different regions creates
the social conflicts which later concluded with
basin agreements. It is concluded only for interregional water objects, i.e., catchment area which
is located within several subjects of the Russian
Federation. It does not take into account the
cross-border nature of water objects located in
the territory of one subject of the Russian Federation but covers the boundaries of several
administrative areas.
Chapter 9 on ‘Water resources of Madhya
Pradesh: Contemporary issues and challenges’,
by Sharma analyzes the regional variation in
potential as well as utilization of water resources
within the state following variations in hydrogeological aquifers, precipitation pattern, land
use and cropping structure. Various issues such
as inter-state river water disputes, rapid silting of
reservoirs, water pollution; waterlogging and
salinization have been addressed. Sergey V.
Kholodkevich et al. in Chap. 10 have discussed
the quality of the natural water incoming on
water intakes of water supply in certain European
countries. The uses of high level of chemical in
drinking water are danger and economic losses in
such cases depend on speed of acceptance of the
management decisions directed to their prevention and elimination. They have analyzed that the
BioArgus-W is a science-based, multi-parameter,
multi-level biomonitoring system comprising
several building blocks. Even a failure in one of
them can reduce partly or entirely a whole system efficiency. The main distinctive features of
the BioArgus-W system are test organisms
(crayfish and fish) used as the sensors.
Chapter 11 by Ravi S Singh and Sarah Ahmad
elaborated that water is regarded as the ultimate
source of life in all the world religions including
Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and
Zoroastrianism and provides a run-through of
water symbolism of world religions followed by
focusing on the various facets of water in Islam.
Water is an essential element for the survival of
living creatures on the globe. Our dependency on
the water can be seen from the daily chores to
economic activities such as agriculture, industries, or public health, safety and recreation. This
chapter aims to outline different roles of water in
the Islamic teachings and its applicability in
today’s world for instance, in water conservation.
Chapter 12 by Singh et al. analyzed ‘Water
resource management through ecological
restoration in Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand’.
The study focuses on ecological restoration for
the water resource management, integration of
extreme events, climatic vulnerability, land use
land cover (LULC) changes and natural resource
for sustainable development planning. It has also
been discussed that climate change and anthropogenic activities are continuously disturbing the
natural system of the Garhwal Himalaya. Its
impact on sustainable development and water
potential is clearly visible according to the
authors assessment output.
Jana et al. in their Chap. 13 on ‘Changing
rainfall patterns and their linkage to floods in
Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin, India: Implications
for water resource management’, have discussed
the synoptic view of recent changes in the patterns of rainfall and their linkages to extreme
floods in Bhagirathi-Hooghly Basin (BHB). This
study provides a better understanding of longterm and short-term trends and variations in
rainfall and ascertains whether the extreme
floods. The analysis reveals a long-term
insignificant declining trend of annual as well
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