1st Edition

Water Management in Megacities

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Efficient and equitable water, wastewater and stormwater management for the megacities is becoming an increasingly complex task. The special issue will focus on water management in its totality for megacities, including their technical, social, economic, legal, institutional and environmental dimensions through a series of specially invited case studies from different megacities of the world.... Read more
Preface, Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada
Water Management in Megacities, Olli Varis, Jan Lundqvist, Cecilia Tortajada, and Asit K. Biswas.
Olli Varis: Megacities, Development and Water
Asit K. Biswas: Water Management in Megacities: Current Situation and Future Prospects
Anthony Turton: The Hydropolitics of Johannesburg 
Dogan Altinbilek: Water Management in Megacities: Case Study of Istanbul
Walid Abderrahman: Urban Water Management in Arriyadh City, Saudi Arabia
Achmad Lanti: Regulatory Approach to the Jakarta Water Supply Concession Contracts
Azharul Haq: Water Management in Megacities: Case of Dhaka
Ben Braga: Total Urban Water Management of the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo 
Cecilia Tortajada: Water Management for Mexico City Metropolitan Area
Index

Biography

Asit Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Olli Varis, Jan Lundqvist