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

• Pubblicazione: Tokyo ; ; New York, : United Nations University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/1/091732
• Soggetto topico: Municipal water supply; Twenty-first century; Urbanization; Water-supply - Management - Case studies
• Altri autori: BiswasAsit K UittoJuha I
• 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Water for urban areas
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815047003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II