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The Water-Sustainable City - Science, Policy and Practice (Paperback)
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The Water-Sustainable City - Science, Policy and Practice (Paperback)
Series: Cities series
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Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and
availability because they are often located some distance from the
water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels
planners to build infrastructure to divert water from increasingly
distant outlying rural areas, thus disrupting their social fabric
and environment. In addition, increasing urbanization due to
population growth, economic change, and sprawl places huge burdens
upon the institutions, as well as the infrastructure, that deliver,
protect, and treat urban water. This book assesses the challenges
facing the world's cities in providing reliable, safe, and
plentiful supplies through infrastructural, economic, legal, and
political strategies. The book considers engineering, social
science, and built environment issues, with close examination of
experiences in California and Australia, and their global
implications. It addresses urban stream syndrome and related
issues' and includes historical as well as contemporary insights
into water sustainability in cities. Conservation, wastewater
re-use, green infrastructure innovations, and the water energy
nexus from the vantage point of urban water management are
discussed in depth. The authors conclude that while throughout
history cities have faced the twin challenges of too much - or too
little - water at inopportune times, the impact of climate extremes
on cities makes low-impact developments especially relevant. This
comprehensive and timely assessment of the world's urban
water-sustainability challenges will be of great interest to both
students and academics in the field as well as urban water
professionals and decision-makers. With contributions from Stanley
B. Grant, Ashmita Sengupta, Lindsey Stuvick, Neeta Bijoor, Michael
Sahimi, Meenakshi Arora, Vincent Pettigrove and Kristal Burry
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