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_aWater for urban areas _bchallenges and perspectives. |
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_a[S.l.] : _bUnited Nations University Press, _c2000. |
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| 300 | _a264 p. | ||
| 490 | 1 | _aWater resources management and policy | |
| 505 | 0 | _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. | |
| 505 | 0 | _aHKBU library | |
| 518 | _aYT2025 M09 | ||
| 520 | 3 | _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. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aMunicipal water supply | |
| 650 | 0 | _aUrbanization | |
| 650 | 0 | _aTwenty-first century | |
| 650 | 0 | _aWater-supply | |
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_aUitto, Juha I., _eeditor _9127971 |
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_aBiswas, Asit K., _eeditor _9127976 |
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_aUNU Global Environmental Forum, _eeditor _9158991 |
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