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Water Supply in a Mega-City - A Political Ecology Analysis of Shanghai (Hardcover)
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Water Supply in a Mega-City - A Political Ecology Analysis of Shanghai (Hardcover)
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With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water
supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much
needed analysis of how cities should manage this precious resource.
Integrating the environmental, economic, political and
socio-cultural dimensions of water management, the authors outline
how future mega-city systems can maintain a high quality of life
for its residents. With the rapidly evolving and wealthy Shanghai
as the key example, the paradox between the wealth of a city and
the quality of its water is uncovered. With a multidisciplinary and
multi-scale analysis, the supply of water to cities is discussed in
the context of rivers, households, corporations, government and
infrastructures. Chapters include the influence of household water
use, the political economy of water management, the sources and
management of pollution, catchment dynamics, and a Bayesian model
for calculating future demand. This comprehensive study shows how
essential water management will be to new, developing and expanding
cities in the foreseeable future. Water Supply in a Mega-City will
be of interest to researchers from across social, natural and
engineering sciences interested in the theoretical and practical
management of this essential resource in large cities, as well as
those interested in the way cities respond to changing
environmental conditions.
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