Screen LibraryThe water-sustainable city : science, policy and practice /
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water from increasingly distant outlying rural areas, thus disrupting t...
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Edward Elgar Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cities Series
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| Summary: |
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water from increasingly distant outlying rural areas, thus disrupting their social fabric and environment. In addition, increasing urbanization due to population growth, economic change, and sprawl places huge burdens upon the institutions, as well as the infrastructure, that deliver, protect, and treat urban water. This book assesses the challenges facing the world's cities in providing reliable, safe, and plentiful supplies through infrastructural, economic, legal, and political strategies. |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 197 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-191) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781783478552 1783478551 |
| Index Number: | TD345 |
| CLC: | TU991 |
| Call Number: | TU991/F312 |
| Contents: |
OUR UNCERTAIN WATER FUTURE, OUR PRECARIOUS WATER PAST -- Introduction: what would a water-sustainable city look like? -- Lessons for an urban ecology of water: historical views, environmental experiences -- Roles for civil engineering, law and institutions in urban water management -- Divergent approaches: a typology of traditional and contemporary alternatives as seen in Los Angeles and Melbourne -- TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO WATER MANAGEMENT AND POLICY INNOVATION -- The water-energy footprint of large cities: productivity and transitional development -- How cities value water and why it matters: economic and non-economic approaches -- THE PATH FORWARD: TECHNOLOGY, INFRA-STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONS, PRACTICES -- Opportunities to satisfy urban water needs while addressing the urban stream syndrome -- Low-impact development: indoor and outdoor innovations -- New forms of management and governance for urban water sustainability -- Conclusions: some future research needs. |