Water and cities : ensuring sustainable futures / / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

• Pubblicazione: Paris, [France] : , : OECD, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.610683
• Soggetto topico: Water utilities - OECD countries - Management; Water-supply - OECD countries - Management
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Foreword""; ""Table of contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Executive summary""; ""Chapter 1: A framework for city-level water management""; ""Introduction""; ""Water-related risks to cities in OECD countries""; ""Ageing infrastructure""; ""Institutional changes affecting urban water governance""; ""A framework for urban water management""; ""Clustering cities and policy responses to water management""; ""Annex 1.A1: Two city typologies relevant to water management""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Financing urban water management""; ""Introduction"" ; ""Financing constraints in cities in OECD countries""""Options to minimise costs""; ""Water tariffs contribute to water resource management""; ""Diversified revenue streams""; ""A role for private investors""; ""Annex 2.A1: Financing urban water management in Korea""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Supporting the diffusion of innovative pathways for urban water management""; ""Introduction""; ""Opportunities for disruptive technical innovations""; ""The benefits of non-technical innovations""; ""Barriers to the diffusion of innovation for urban water management"" ; ""Overcoming barriers to innovative urban water management""""References""; ""Chapter 4: Urban-rural co-operation for water management""; ""Introduction""; ""Managing competition between urban and rural areas to access water""; ""Mitigating flood risks in urban areas""; ""Water quality standards and PES""; ""Implementation issues""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Governance for urban water management""; ""Preliminary remark""; ""Governance challenges to urban water management""; ""Governance arrangements for urban water management"" ; ""Annex 5.A1: Characterisation of respondents to the OECD Survey on urban water governance""""Annex 5.A2: Regulators who responded to the OECD survey on the Governance of Water Regulators""; ""Annex 5.A3: Typology of regulatory functions for WSS""; ""References""; ""Glossary""
• Titolo autorizzato: Water and cities
• ISBN: 1-78040-760-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460873003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: OECD studies on water.