| Description |
213 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Preface / Asik K. Biswas -- 2. Water management for major urban centres / Asit K. Biswas -- 3. Megacities, development and water / Olli Varis -- 4. Water management in Singapore / Cecilia Tortajada -- 5. Water management in Istanbul / Dogan Altinbilek -- 6. A regulatory approach to the Jakarta water supply concession contracts / Achmad Lanti -- 7. Water management in ArRiyadh / Walid A. Abderrahman -- 8. Water management in Dhaka / Khondaker Azharul Haq -- 9. Gold, scorched Earth and water : the hydropolitics of Johannesburg / Anthony Turton, Craig Schultz, Hannes Buckle, Mapule Kgomongoe, Tinyiko Malungani and Mikael Drackner -- 10. Water management in metropolitan Sao Paulo / B. P. F. Braga, M. F. A. Porto and R. T. Silva -- 11. Water management in Mexico City metropolitan area / Cecilia Tortajada -- 12. Megacities and water management / Olli Varis, Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada and Jan Lundqvist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Municipal water supply -- Management.
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Water quality management.
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Water resources development.
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| Author |
Tortajada, Cecilia.
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| ISBN |
041541363X hardback |
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