The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-Urban Futures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Maheshwari, Basant (Editor), Purohit, Ramesh (Editor), Malano, Hector (Editor), Singh, Vijay P. (Editor), Amerasinghe, Priyanie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Water Science and Technology Library, 71
• Subjects: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Waste management.; Sustainable development.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.; Physical Geography.; Sustainable Development.

The population of cities around the world is growing at an alarming rate, and as a result the landscapes of most cities are going through enormous changes. In particular, fertile agricultural lands at the periphery of cities are being developed without consideration of holistic planning. As such, pe...