M Dinesh Kumar

Thirsty Cities

How Indian Cities Can Meet Their Water Needs

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Produktbeschreibung

The book presents all the aspects relevant to sustainable management of water in urban areas along with suggesting a number of solutions from rainwater harvesting to community participation and public-private-partnerships. This book presents an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) framework for India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 145mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198099550
• ISBN-10: 019809955X
• Artikelnr.: 47869934

Autorenporträt

Dinesh Kumar is the Executive Director, Institute for Resource Analysis and Policy (IRAP), Hyderabad, India. He is also the Associate Editor for Water Policy, IWA Publishing along with being an editorial board member of the International Journal of Water Resources Development. He is also the Member Secretary of Society for Integrated Land and Water Management (SOFILWM).

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Tables and Figures
* Acknowledgements
* Preface
* List of Abbreviations
* 1: Introduction
* 2: Why Is Sustainable Urban Water Management Critical for Survival of
Cities?
* 3: The Challenge of Sustainable Urban Water Management in Developing
Economies
* 4: Deriving a Town-level WATSAN Vulnerability Index for Urban Areas
* 5: Physical Choices for Water Supply Management in Urban Areas
* 6: Technological Choices for Reducing Water Demand in Different Urban
Landscapes
* 7: Economic Instruments for Water Demand Management in Urban Areas
* 8: Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Water Management:
Institutional Reforms
* 9: Organizational Strengthening for Urban Water Management
* 10: Institutional Arrangements for Urban Water Management
* 11: Improving Urban Water Governance
* 12: Policies and Legal Framework for Sustainable Urban Water
Management
* 13: Summary of Findings and Conclusions
* References
* Index