Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Grafton, Quentin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Daniell, Katherine A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nauges, Céline (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Chan, Noel Wai Wah (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Global Issues in Water Policy, 15
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Environmental management.; Water pollution.; Environmental economics.; Social sciences.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Economics.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Social Sciences, general.

This book examines changes and transitions in the way water is managed in urban environments. This book originated from a joint French-Australian initiative on water and land management held in Montpellier, France. The book delivers practical insights into urban water management. It links scientific...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1 Understanding and managing urban water in transition (introduction)
• Part 1 Water supply and sanitation
• Chapter 2 How water services manage territories and technologies: history and current trends in developed countries
• Chapter 3 Coping with extraneous water in sewerage systems
• Chapter 4 Challenges for water supply and sanitation in developing countries: case studies from Zimbabwe
• Chapter 5 The challenges of providing water and sanitation to urban slum settlements in South Africa
• Chapter 6 Integrating water quality into urban water management and planning while addressing the challenge of water security
• Chapter 7 The development of private bore-wells as independent water supplies: challenges for water utilities in France and Australia
• Chapter 8 Inter-basin transfers as a supply option: the end of an era?
• Chapter 9 Three engineering paradigms in the historical development of water services: more, better and cheaper water to European cities
• Chapter 10 Investing in the water infrastructure of tomorrow
• Part 2 Water demand and water economics.- Chapter 11 Long-term water demand forecasting
• Chapter 12 The use of non-pricing instruments to manage residential water demand: What have we learned?
• Chapter 13 The Social determinants of water consumption in Australian cities
• Chapter 14 Non-household Water Demand: the Industrial and Commercial Sectors
• Chapter 15 Integrating social aspects into urban water pricing: Australian and international perspectives
• Chapter 16 Does residential water use depend on water quality? Some answers from a French case study
• Chapter 17 A simulation model for understanding the consequences of alternative water and wastewater tariff structures: A case study of Fayoum, Egypt
• Chapter 18 Managing water variability issues
• Chapter 19 Volumetric Water Pricing, Social Surplus and Supply Augmentation
• Part 3 Water governance and integrated management
• Chapter 20 Governance and regulation of the urban water sector: Quoi de neuf?
• Chapter 21 Public–private partnerships and their ownership in the urban water sector
• Chapter 22 Issues of governance, policy and law in managing urban–rural and groundwater–surface water connections
• Chapter 23 Integrated management of urban water supply and water quality in developing Pacific Island countries
• Chapter 24 The “renaturation” of urban rivers: the case of the St Charles River in Quebec
• Chapter 25 Adapting to climate change in urban water management: flood management in the Rotterdam–Rijnmond area
• Chapter 26 Transboundary urban water: the case of Singapore and Malaysia
• Chapter 27 The opportunities and challenges of implementing ‘water sensitive urban design’: lessons from stormwater management in Victoria, Australia
• Chapter 28 How does energy efficiency affect urban water systems?.