Research Catalog

Title

Water for urban areas : challenges and perspectives / edited by Juha I. Uitto and Asit K. Biswas.

Publication

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Uitto, Juha I.
• Biswas, Asit K.
• UNU Global Environmental Forum (6th : 1997 : United Nations University)

Description

xviii, 245 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Summary

Water will be one of the key resources for sustainable urban development. It is needed for virtually every human endeavour -- for household use, agriculture, industry, leisure -- and water also has an important ecosystem function. Provision of sufficient water and preventing pollution, however, are formidable tasks. In this book, leading experts from four continents 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-cities. They consider both technical issues, such as wastewater reuse, and management issues, including financial mechanisms for improved water sector management.

Series Statement

Water resources management and policy

Uniform Title

Water resources management and policy series.

Subject

• Eau > Gestion > Congrès
• Vingt et unième siècle > Congrès
• Urbanisation > Congrès
• Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > Congrès
• Municipal water supply > Congresses
• Urbanization > Congresses
• Twenty-first century > Congresses
• Water-supply > Management > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Case studies

Note

• Papers presented at the sixth UNU Global Environmental Forum, held at the headquarters of the United Nations University on 25 June 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / Juha I. Uitto and Asit K Biswas -- Foreword / Abraham Besrat -- Water for urban areas of the developing world in the twenty-first century / Asit K. Biswas -- Water management in metropolitan Tokyo / Yutaka Takahasi -- Water quality management issues in the Kansai Metropolitan Region / Masahisa Nakamura -- Water management in mega-cities in India: Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, and Chennai / Rajendra Sagane -- Water supply and distribution in the metropolitan area of Mexico City / Cecilia Tortajada-Quiroz -- Wastewater management and reuse in mega-cities / Takashi Asano -- The role of the private sector in the provision of water and wastewater services in urban areas / Walter Stottmann -- Emergency water supply and disaster vulnerability / Charles Scawthorn -- Conclusions / Juha I. Uitto and Asit K Biswas.

ISBN

9280810243 (pbk. )

LCCN

^^^99050477^

OCLC

• 42597794
• SCSB-10858048

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library