02323nam a2200265 i 4500008004100000020001500041020001800056040000800074050002100082245005700103260005400160300001100214490004200225505095300267505001701220518001501237520061801252650002701870650001701897650002501914650001701939700002801956700002901984700004402013170926s2000            ob    000 0 eng d  a9280810243  a9789280810240  aSDU00aTD345bW324 200010aWater for urban areas bchallenges and perspectives.  a[S.l.] :bUnited Nations University Press,c2000.  a264 p.1 aWater resources management and policy0 aWater for urban areas : challenges and perspectives -- Contents -- Tables and figures -- Preface -- Foreword Abraham Besrat, Vice-Rector, United Nations University -- 1. Water for urban areas of the developing world in the twenty-first century/Asit K. Biswas -- 2. Water management in Metropolitan Tokyo/Yutaka Takahasi -- 3. Water quality management issues in the Kansai Metropolitan Region/Masahisa Nakamura -- 4. Water management in mega-cities in India: Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, and Chennai/Rajendra Sagane -- 5. Water supply and distribution in the metropolitan area of Mexico City/Cecilia Tortajada-Quiroz -- 6. Wastewater management and reuse in mega-cities/Takashi Asano -- 7. The role of the private sector in the provision of water and wastewater services in urban areas/Walter Stottmann -- 8. Emergency water supply and disaster vulnerability/Charles Scawthorn -- 9. Conclusions/Juha I. Uitto and Asit K. Biswas -- Contributors -- Index.0 aHKBU library  aYT2025 M093 aBy the year 2025, it is estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's population will be urban dwellers. In Water for Urban Areas, leading experts offer unique insights into varied issues of urban water management. In case studies from the South as well as the North, the authors seek solutions and identify strategies for sustainable management of water resources for burgeoning mega to cities. In such cities as Tokyo, Delhi and Mexico City, these experts consider both technical issues, such as waste water reuse, and management issues, including financial mechanisms for improved water sector management. 0aMunicipal water supply 0aUrbanization 0aTwenty-first century 0aWater-supply1 aUitto, Juha I.,eeditor1 aBiswas, Asit K.,eeditor1 aUNU Global Environmental Forum,eeditor