Urban Drought Emerging Water Challenges in Asia

Urban Drought Emerging Water Challenges in Asia / edited by Bhaswati Ray, Rajib Shaw.

This book presents water insecurity issues in urban areas while developing a water security index and explores the innovative approaches to water development and management with examples from Asian cities. The urban water crisis is a global phenomenon, but it is more obvious in the megacities of the...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ray, Bhaswati (Editor), Shaw, Rajib (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Natural disasters.
Environmental management.
Climate change.
Sustainable development.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • - Defining Urban Water Insecurity: Concepts and Relevance
  • Water Insecurity in Asian Cities
  • Climate Change: Implication on Urban Drought
  • Developing Water Security Index for Urban Areas
  • Water Energy Food Nexus: A Provision to Tackle Urban Drought
  • Coping with Scarcity and Urban Water Governance: Case of Udon Thani’s City Region
  • Bridging the Distances between Far Water and Near Water: Case of Yanagawa City from Japan
  • Resilience to Water Related Disaster: Risks, Vulnerabilities and Coping Strategies in Dhaka
  • Resilience Perspective for Planning Urban Water Infrastructure: A Case of Nagpur City
  • Urban Droughts in India: Case study of Delhi
  • Future Urban Crisis in Mountain Regions: Example of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
  • Drought and Urbanization: The Case of the Philippines
  • Coping with urban water insecurity in the colonial city of Kolkata and implications on Sustainable Development Goals
  • Urban Drought Management through Water Conservation: Issues, Challenges and Solutions
  • Urban Water and Health Issues in Hong Kong
  • Urban Water Issues in the Megacity of Tehran
  • Soil Sealing and Depleting Groundwater in Rapidly Growing Peshawar City District, Pakistan
  • Adaptive Policy Responses in Managing Urban Water Crisis in Sri Lanka
  • Preparing for the Future: Challenges in Water Management in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Water challenges in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • Water Scarcity in Himalayan Hill Town: A Study of Darjeeling Municipality, India
  • Urban Water Governance: Pricing of Water for the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka Metropolis
  • Urban Water Management Issues and Challenges of Post The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Recovery: Lessons Learned from Banda Aceh City, Indonesia
  • Implications of Water Insecurity and Future Prospects in Asian Cities.

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