Urban Water Security
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Series Editor Foreword - Challenges in Water Management -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Water 101 -- Introduction -- 1.1 What is water? -- 1.2 Hydrological cycle -- 1.2.1 Precipitation -- 1.2.2 Runoff -- 1.2.3 Evaporation -- 1.2.4 Groundwater -- 1.2.5 How old is water? -- 1.3 Natural variations to water quantity -- 1.3.1 Floods -- 1.3.2 Droughts -- 1.4 Natural variations to water quality -- 1.4.1 Temperature -- 1.4.2 Dissolved oxygen -- 1.4.3 pH -- 1.4.4 Dissolved and suspended solids -- 1.4.5 Turbidity -- 1.4.6 Minerals -- 1.4.7 Salinity -- 1.4.8 Inorganic and organic chemicals -- 1.4.9 Nutrients: nitrogen and phosphorus -- 1.5 Impacts of urbanisation on water resources -- 1.5.1 Point source pollution -- 1.5.2 Non-point source pollution -- 1.5.3 Damage to aquatic ecosystems -- 1.5.4 Impervious surfaces modifying hydrological cycles -- 1.5.5 Impervious surfaces lowering water quality -- 1.5.6 Impervious surfaces affecting groundwater recharge -- 1.6 Water and wastewater treatment processes -- 1.6.1 Ensuring drinking water safety -- Notes -- Chapter 2 What is urban water security? -- Introduction -- 2.1 Non-climatic challenges to achieving urban water security -- 2.1.1 Population growth and demographic changes -- 2.1.2 Rapid urbanisation -- 2.1.3 Rapid economic growth and rising income levels -- 2.1.4 Increased demand for energy -- 2.1.5 Increased demand for food -- 2.2 Climatic challenges to achieving urban water security -- 2.2.1 Impacts of climate change on water quality and quantity -- 2.2.2 Socioeconomic risks of climate change -- 2.3 Reducing non-climatic and climatic risks to urban water security -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Managing water sustainably to achieve urban water security -- Introduction -- 3.1 What is sustainability? -- 3.1.1 Urban sustainability.
Year of publication: |
2016
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Authors: | Brears, Robert C |
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New York : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated |
Subject: | Wasserversorgung | Water supply | Wasserpolitik | Water policy | Stadt | Town | Kommunale Versorgungswirtschaft | Local public utilities | Wassermangel | Water scarcity | Wasserwirtschaft | Water industry |
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Extent: | 1 online resource (322 pages) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
ISBN: | 978-1-119-13173-1 ; 978-1-119-13172-4 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012686811
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