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Urban Water Series

Series Editor: Čedo Maksimovic, Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa

Volumes 1-9, Series Editors: Cedo Maksimovic (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK) and Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa (Division of Water Sciences, International Hydrological Programme (IHP) UNESCO, Paris, France).

Volumes 10-onwards, Series Editor: Cedo Maksimovic (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK).

This book series covers integrated approaches to sustainable urban water management and focuses on the role of water in cities and the effects of urbanization on the hydrological cycle and water resources. The series is intended not only for water and environmental specialists, including urban water management practitioners, policy-makers and educators, but also for other professionals such as urban planners, water economists and researchers dealing with urban water issues throughout the world. Volumes 1-9 (series editors Cedo Maksimovic and Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa) are available in hardback and paperback, are co-published by Taylor & Francis and UNESCO Publishing and present the major outcomes of UNESCO’s Sixth International Hydrological Programme (IHP VI, 2002-2007). Volumes 10 and onwards (series editor Cedo Maksimovic) are available in hardback. The series complements the Urban Water Journal, likewise published by Taylor & Francis (www.tandfonline.com/nurw).

New and Published Books

1-10 of 11 results in Urban Water Series
  1. Urban Water Conflicts

    UNESCO-IHP

    By Bernard Barraque

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Urban water conflicts manifested first in Europe in the 19th century and are observed nowadays in various forms throughout the world; in particular, in developing countries. Main causes of these conflicts are characterized by complex socioeconomic and institutional issues related to urban water...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Taylor & Francis

  2. Advanced Simulation and Modelling for Urban Groundwater Management - UGROW

    UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Dubravka Pokrajac, Ken W.F. Howard

    Series: Urban Water Series

    UGROW (Urban GROundWater) represents one of the most advanced urban water management tools produced to date and fully integrates all urban water system components including groundwater. It will raise the awareness of the interaction between urban water system components, support management...

    Published November 15th 2010 by Taylor & Francis

  3. Integrated Urban Water Management: Humid Tropics

    UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Jonathan N. Parkinson, Joel Avruch Goldenfum, Carlos Tucci

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Excess water in the urban environment results in flooding,which causes structural damage, risks to personal safety and disruption to city life. Water is also a major contributory factor for disease transmission as well as being the medium for transport of many pollutants. These problems are of...

    Published March 25th 2010 by CRC Press

  4. Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid Regions

    UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Larry Mays

    Series: Urban Water Series

    The Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is an emerging approach to managing the entire urban water cycle in an integrated way, which is key to achieving the sustainability of urban water resources and services. The IUWM incorporates: the systematic consideration of the various dimensions of...

    Published March 23rd 2009 by Taylor & Francis

  5. Urban Water Security: Managing Risks

    UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, Joan B. Rose

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Understanding the impacts of urbanization on the urban water cycle and managing the associated health risks demand adequate strategies and measures. Health risks associated with urban water systems and services include the microbiological and chemical contamination of urban waters and outbreak of...

    Published March 23rd 2009 by Taylor & Francis

  6. Urban Water Security: Managing Risks

    UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, JOAN B ROSE

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Understanding the impacts of urbanization on the urban water cycle and managing the associated health risks demand adequate strategies and measures. Health risks associated with urban water systems and services include the microbiological and chemical contamination of urban waters and outbreak of...

    Published March 23rd 2009 by Taylor & Francis

  7. Urban Water in Japan

    Edited by Rutger de Graaf, Fransje Hooimeijer

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Water control is essential to Japan, as more than half of its invested capital is concentrated in elevations under sea level and the majority of the island nation is exceptionally vulnerable to flooding. To avoid potential crisis, the Japanese have developed exceptionally innovative water...

    Published June 3rd 2008 by Taylor & Francis

  8. Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management

    Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Iwona Wagner, Jiri Marsalek, Pascal Breil

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water management itself, however, tends to alter and reduce their biodiversity and therewith diminish their ability to provide...

    Published November 14th 2007 by Taylor & Francis

  9. Data Requirements for Integrated Urban Water Management

    Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP

    Edited by Tim Fletcher, Ana Deletic

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Integrated urban water management relies on data allowing us to analyse, understand and predict the behaviour of the individual water cycle components and their interactions. The concomitant monitoring of the complex of urban water system elements makes it possible to grasp the entirety of...

    Published November 14th 2007 by Taylor & Francis

  10. Urban Water Cycle Processes and Interactions

    Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP

    By Jiri Marsalek, Blanca Jimenez Cisneros, Mohammad Karamouz, Per-Arne Malmquist, Joel Goldenfum, Bernard Chocat

    Series: Urban Water Series

    Effective management of urban water should be based on a scientific understanding of the impact of human activity on both the urban hydrological cycle – including its processes and interactions – and the environment itself. Such anthropogenic impacts, which vary broadly in time and space, need to...

    Published September 19th 2007 by Taylor & Francis

Forthcoming Books

  1. Urban Pluvial and Coincidental Flooding
    Edited by Čedo Maksimovic, Adrian Saul
    To Be Published August 31st 2013

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