Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.1007/s12517-017-3365-6 |
Sustainable harnessing of the surface water resources for Karachi: a geographic review | |
Irfan, Muhammad1; Kazmi, Syed Jamil Hasan1; Arsalan, Mudassar Hassan2 | |
通讯作者 | Irfan, Muhammad |
来源期刊 | ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES
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ISSN | 1866-7511 |
EISSN | 1866-7538 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 11期号:2 |
英文摘要 | Water resource management has now become the most important challenge in developing countries, especially, in an arid part of the world. In the case of Karachi city, the situation is getting worse day by day due to haphazard urban development, climate change, and an inadequate supply of fresh water. This paper reviews various published research articles and reports regarding Karachi water resources, supply, and demand. The city of over 20 million people has scarce local water resources and imports most of its required water from Indus and Hab Rivers. The city is undersupplied as its rationalized water demand is around 1250 million gallons per day (mgd), while receiving only 650 mgd. Another water source, Hab Dam, which is planned to supply 100 mgd water to the city, is highly uncertain due to intermittent drought conditions in the region. The mega city is facing a water scarcity problem very seriously because of the phenomenal growth of the population and the shortage of a water supply. Subsurface geology and surface topography are favorable to store water in dams and recharge the aquifers. However, over-extraction of water, scarcity of rainfall, sand and gravel excavation, and lack of groundwater recharge infrastructure have depleted the precious resource. There is an urgent need for a comprehensive city development master plan for future growth of the city with clear-cut priorities, policies, and implementation framework. Water sector should holistically be addressed by considering climate change, rapid urbanization, population growth, and perpetual increasing demand from all sectors including industries and agriculture. Besides the development of sustainable policies at the local government level, overall governance, administration, and management need to be improved which may implement the best practices and regulations. |
英文关键词 | Water resources Catchment Surface water Flood Climate Runoff Dams |
类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Pakistan |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000423618000014 |
WOS关键词 | MANAGEMENT |
WOS类目 | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/207700 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Karachi, Dept Geog, Karachi 75270, Pakistan; 2.Univ Karachi, Inst Space & Planetary Astrophys, Geoinformat & Sustainable Dev Res Lab, Karachi 75270, Pakistan |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Irfan, Muhammad,Kazmi, Syed Jamil Hasan,Arsalan, Mudassar Hassan. Sustainable harnessing of the surface water resources for Karachi: a geographic review[J],2018,11(2). |
APA | Irfan, Muhammad,Kazmi, Syed Jamil Hasan,&Arsalan, Mudassar Hassan.(2018).Sustainable harnessing of the surface water resources for Karachi: a geographic review.ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES,11(2). |
MLA | Irfan, Muhammad,et al."Sustainable harnessing of the surface water resources for Karachi: a geographic review".ARABIAN JOURNAL OF GEOSCIENCES 11.2(2018). |
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