The Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is an emerging
approach to managing the entire urban water cycle in an integrated
way, which is key to achieving the sustainability of urban water
resources and services. The IUWM incorporates: the systematic
consideration of the various dimensions of water, including surface
and groundwater resources, quality and quantity issues; the
implication that while water is a system it is also a component
which interacts with other systems; and the interrelationships
between water and social and economic development.
Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid Regions
the outcome of UNESCO s International Hydrological Programme
project on the topic examines the integrated management of water
resources in urban settings, focusing on issues specific to arid
and semi-arid regions and on what make them different from other
regions. The urban water management system is considered herein as
two integrated major entities; water supply management and water
excess management. The first six chapters provide an overview of
the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, with
emphasis on water supply technologies, such as artificial recharge,
water transfers, desalination, and harvesting of rainfall. Water
excess management is examined in the context of both the stormwater
management system and the floodplain management system. Case
studies from developed and developing countries are presented in
order to emphasize the various needs and challenges of water
management in urban environments in arid and semi-arid regions
around the world.
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