1st Edition
Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid Regions UNESCO-IHP
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms
Glossary
List of Contributors
1 Introduction
1.1 Water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions
1.2 In the beginning
1.3 The urban water cycle and urbanization
1.4 The integrated urban water system
1.5 Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM): The big picture
1.6 Water resources sustainability
1.7 Focus of case studies
2 Arid and semi-arid regions: What makes them different?
2.1 Physical features
2.2 Climate
2.3 Hydrology
2.4 Urban water management
3 Integrated water supply management in arid and semi-arid regions
3.1 Overall subsystem components and interactions: Conventional systems
3.2 Water reclamation and reuse
3.3 Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)
3.4 Desalination
3.5 Water transfers
3.6 Rainfall harvesting
4 Integrated water excess management in arid and semi-arid regions
4.1 Overall subsystem components and interactions
4.2 Impacts of urbanization on stormwater
4.3 Recommendations for research
5 Interactions and issues of urban water management
5.1 Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
5.2 Water laws and policies
5.3 Institutional framework
5.4 Vulnerability of urban water systems
5.5 Tools and models for integrated urban water management
6 Opportunities and challenges
6.1 Realizations
6.2 Gambling with water in the desert
References (Chapters 1–6)
CASE STUDIES
I Water and wastewater management in Mexico City
Blanca Jimenez
II Integrated urban water management in the Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area
Robert G. Arnold and Katherine P. Arnold
III Upper Awash River System in Ethiopia
Messele Z. Ejeta, Getu F. Biftu and Dagnachew A. Fanta
IV Water treatment for urban water management in China
Jun Ma, Xiaohong Guan and Liqiu Zhang
V Challenges for urban water management in Cairo, Egypt: The need for sustainable solutions
El Said M. Ahmed and Mohamed A. Ashour
Index
Plates
Biography
Larry Mays
