01987nam 2200421 450 991016292090332120180523102827.01-78347-857-8(CKB)3710000001045095(MiAaPQ)EBC4800095(EXLCZ)99371000000104509520170217h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe water-sustainable city science, policy and practice /David Lewis Feldman [and six others]Cheltenham, England ;Northampton, Massachusetts :Edward Elgar Publishing,2017.©20171 online resource (210 pages)Cities Series1-78347-855-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water from increasingly distant outlying rural areas, thus disrupting their social fabric and environment. In addition, increasing urbanization due to population growth, economic change, and sprawl places huge burdens upon the institutions, as well as the infrastructure, that deliver, protect, and treat urban water. This book assesses the challenges facing the world's cities in providing reliable, safe, and plentiful supplies through infrastructural, economic, legal, and political strategies.Cities series.Municipal water supplyMunicipal water supply.628.1091732Feldman David Lewis1951-275401Feldman David LewisMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162920903321The water-sustainable city2888736UNINA