Thirsty Cities

How Indian Cities Can Meet Their Water Needs

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9780198099550

Publication date:

22/09/2014

Hardback

376 pages

222.0x145.0mm

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ISBN:

9780198099550

Publication date:

22/09/2014

Hardback

376 pages

222.0x145.0mm

M. Dinesh Kumar

Urban water management has come to be an important challenge for many developing countries of the world. The author identifies the available opportunities as well as the constraints and challenges in implementing water management solutions in different physical, socio-economic, administrative, and institutional settings that prevail in Indian cities and towns.

Suitable for: Public policymakers, government departments, ministries, researchers and students, institutions and research centres working on water management

Rights:  World Rights

M. Dinesh Kumar

Description

With urban population increasing by 38.1 million from 2001 to 2011, infrastructure in Indian cities, including water supply, has come under enormous pressure. Urban water management has come to be an important challenge for many developing countries of the world, characterized as they are by high economic growth, rapid urbanization, and unregulated industrialization.   While a range of solutions—from rainwater harvesting to community participation and public–private partnerships—are often suggested, this book argues against these fragmented approaches. Covering an entire gamut of issues relating to water supply, wastewater treatment, storm water management, water allocation, and water resources management as components of an integrated system, it presents an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) framework for India.     The author identifies the available opportunities as well as the constraints and challenges in implementing water management solutions in different physical, socio-economic, administrative, and institutional settings that prevail in Indian cities and towns. In the process, he defines the criteria for choosing the range of technical, economic, and institutional alternatives for improving the performance of urban water systems in a wide range of situations.

M. Dinesh Kumar

Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures 
Preface 
Acknowledgements 
List of Abbreviations
 
1. Introduction 
2. Why Is Sustainable Urban Water Management Critical for Survival of    
    Cities? 
3. The Challenge of Sustainable Urban Water Management in Developing
    Economies 
4. Deriving a Town-Level WATSAN Vulnerability Index for Urban Areas 
5. Physical Choices for Water Supply Management in Urban Areas 
6. Technological Choices for Reducing Water Demand in Different Urban
    Landscapes 
7. Economic Instruments for Water Demand Management in Urban Areas 
8. Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Water Management: Institutional       Reforms 
9. Organizational Strengthening for Urban Water Management 
10. Institutional Arrangements for Urban Water Management 
11. Improving Urban Water Governance 
12. Policies and Legal Framework for Sustainable Urban Water
      Management 
13. Summary of Findings and Conclusions 
 
References 
Index 

About the Author  

M. Dinesh Kumar

M. Dinesh Kumar

M. Dinesh Kumar

Description

With urban population increasing by 38.1 million from 2001 to 2011, infrastructure in Indian cities, including water supply, has come under enormous pressure. Urban water management has come to be an important challenge for many developing countries of the world, characterized as they are by high economic growth, rapid urbanization, and unregulated industrialization.   While a range of solutions—from rainwater harvesting to community participation and public–private partnerships—are often suggested, this book argues against these fragmented approaches. Covering an entire gamut of issues relating to water supply, wastewater treatment, storm water management, water allocation, and water resources management as components of an integrated system, it presents an Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) framework for India.     The author identifies the available opportunities as well as the constraints and challenges in implementing water management solutions in different physical, socio-economic, administrative, and institutional settings that prevail in Indian cities and towns. In the process, he defines the criteria for choosing the range of technical, economic, and institutional alternatives for improving the performance of urban water systems in a wide range of situations.

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Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures 
Preface 
Acknowledgements 
List of Abbreviations
 
1. Introduction 
2. Why Is Sustainable Urban Water Management Critical for Survival of    
    Cities? 
3. The Challenge of Sustainable Urban Water Management in Developing
    Economies 
4. Deriving a Town-Level WATSAN Vulnerability Index for Urban Areas 
5. Physical Choices for Water Supply Management in Urban Areas 
6. Technological Choices for Reducing Water Demand in Different Urban
    Landscapes 
7. Economic Instruments for Water Demand Management in Urban Areas 
8. Capacity Building for Sustainable Urban Water Management: Institutional       Reforms 
9. Organizational Strengthening for Urban Water Management 
10. Institutional Arrangements for Urban Water Management 
11. Improving Urban Water Governance 
12. Policies and Legal Framework for Sustainable Urban Water
      Management 
13. Summary of Findings and Conclusions 
 
References 
Index 

About the Author  

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