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Water Infrastructure (Paperback)
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Water Infrastructure (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Special Issues on Water Policy and Governance
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Water infrastructure is an essential element in water management.
Together with institutions, policies and regulation, it provides
basic services to growing populations, especially in developing
countries, where much of the growth is taking place. In the
Asia-Pacific region, for instance, populations are growing not only
in size but also in affluence, straining further the existing
infrastructure and demanding urgently the development of a new one.
While 79% of total water use in Asia occurs in agriculture, the
fastest increases in demand are emanating from industry and from
urban areas. This trend is a natural consequence of the fastest
industrialization and urbanization process in history. By 2030,
more than 55% of Asia's population will live in urban areas, an
increase of 1.1 billion people. Nevertheless, water infrastructure
is of concern not only in the global South but also in the North,
where much of the drinking-water infrastructure needs upgrading or
replacement, a significant undertaking as infrastructure is more
than a hundred years old in many cases. The American Water Works
Association estimates that changing all of the water pipes in the
United States would cost more than USD 1 trillion. In this book,
in-depth case studies on water infrastructure challenges and policy
solutions are presented from different parts of the world. This
book was published as a special issue of the International Journal
of Water Resources Development.
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