Urban Water Security: Managing Risks: Unesco-Ihp

ISBN-13: 9780415485678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 324 str.

Blanca Jimenez;Joan Rose

Opis

Using large-scale case studies from around the world, this book is focused on the effects of the still increasing urbanization, and, accordingly, the increasing number of urban dwellers and the consequences for the urban water cycle.

 

Spis treści

1. Introduction
2. Drinking water – Potential health effects caused by wastewater disposal
3. Microbial Health Risks and Water Quality; 4. Chemical Health Risks 
5. Risk Management on the urban water cycle. Climate change risks 
6. Water source and drinking water risk management 
7. Wastewater risks in the urban water cycle 
8. Risks Associated with Biosolids Reuse in Agriculture 
9. Closing the Urban Water Cycle” Integrated Approach towards Water Reuse in Windhoek, Namibia 
10. Reducing risk from wastewater use in urban farming – a case study of Accra, Ghana 
11. Drinking water – potential health effects caused by infiltration of pollutants from solid waste landfills 
12. Exploding sewers: the industrial use and abuse of municipal sewers, and reducing the risk—the experience of Louisville, Kentucky US 
13. Lessons learned: a response and recovery framework for post-disaster scenarios 
14. Managing urban water risks: Managing drought and climate change risks in Australia 

O autorze

Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, JOAN B ROSE