James E. Nickum, Y. S. Frederick Lee

Urban Water Economies

Governance and the sustainability dilemma in global cities

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Produktbeschreibung

Increased urbanization coupled with demand for water has placed the provision of a sustainable supply of clean water high on the agenda for large cities. The approach of this book is to describe and compare various contexts in a range of global cities, reviewing different approaches and perspectives that examine key urban water governance issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781138846869
• ISBN-10: 1138846864
• Artikelnr.: 43680049

Autorenporträt

Yok-Shiu Frederick Lee is Associate Professor, Department of Geography, The University of Hong Kong. James E. Nickum is Vice-President, International Water Resources Association, Professorial Research Associate, School of African and Oriental Studies, University of London, UK, and Senior Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. He is also editor-in-chief of the journal Water International (Taylor & Francis).He was for a decade a Professor in the Department of International Studies, Tokyo Jogakkan College, Japan.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. The Water World of Global Cities 2. Water Pricing
and its Delinking from Water Use 3. Basic Human Needs in an Ageing,
Downsized World 4. Non-price Conservation Measures 5. Institutional Reform
Part 2: Case Studies 6. Beijing and North-South Diversion 7. Hong Kong and
the Dongijang Salvation 8. Singapore and the Search for Independence 9.
Sydney - Where Conservation May Have Worked Too Well 10. Osaka and Lake
Biwa 11. Seattle - High-priced Water 12. New York 13. London 14. Paris
Part 3: Overview and Conclusions 15. Common Problems, Different Solutions
16. Emerging Issues