Water for urban areas : challenges and perspectives

Author(s)

• Uitto, Juha I.
• Biswas, Asit K.

Bibliographic Information

Water for urban areas : challenges and perspectives

edited by Juha I. Uitto and Asit K. Biswas

（Water resources management and policy series）

United Nations University Press, c2000

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA46858406
• ISBN:
  • 9280810243
• Country Code: ja
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 245 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 331.912
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Municipal water supply -- Management
  • LCSH : Urban ecology
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA43927670