02427nam a2200301 i 4500 170926s2000 ob 000 0 eng d 9280810243 9789280810240 SDU TD345 W324 2000 Water for urban areas challenges and perspectives. [S.l.] : United Nations University Press, 2000. 264 p. Water resources management and policy Water 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. HKBU library YT2025 M09 By 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. Municipal water supply Urbanization Twenty-first century Water-supply Uitto, Juha I., editor 127971 Biswas, Asit K., editor 127976 UNU Global Environmental Forum, editor 158991 = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 88744 88744 0 0 lcc 0 TD0345 W324 02000 0 CGB 281569 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-09-11 2 0 TD345 W324 2000 1000374747 2025-09-11 00:00:00 C.1 2025-09-11 GBE