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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785729003321

Titolo

Water for urban areas [[electronic resource] ] : challenges and perspectives / / edited by Juha I. Uitto and Asit K. Biswas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Water resources management and policy series

Altri autori (Persone)

BiswasAsit K

UittoJuha I

Disciplina

363.6/1/091732

Soggetti

Municipal water supply

Twenty-first century

Urbanization

Water-supply - Management - Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Water for urban areas: Challenges and perspectives""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and figures""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""1 Water for urban areas of the developing world in the twenty-first century""; ""2 Water management in Metropolitan Tokyo""; ""3 Water quality management issues in the Kansai Metropolitan Region""; ""4 Water management in mega-cities in India: Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, and Chennai""; ""5 Water supply and distribution in the metropolitan area of Mexico City""; ""6 Wastewater management and reuse in mega-cities""

""7 The role of the private sector in the provision of water and wastewater services in urban areas""""8 Emergency water supply and disaster vulnerability""; ""9 Conclusions""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""