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Title Integrated urban water management : arid and semi-arid regions / edited by Larry W. Mays
Published Paris : UNESCO ; Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 186 pages, [16] pages of color plates) : illustrations, maps
Series Urban water series - UNESCO-IHP, 1749-0790 ; v. 3
Urban water series ; v. 3.
Contents Front cover; Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acronyms; Glossary; List of Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Arid and semi-arid regions: what makes them different?; Chapter 3. Integrated water supply management in arid and semi-arid regions; Chapter 4. Integrated water excess management in arid and semi-arid regions; Chapter 5. Interactions and issues of urban water management; Chapter 6. Opportunities and challenges; Case Study I: Water and wasterwater management in Mexical City
Summary Examining integrated management of water resources in urban settings, this book focuses on issues specific to arid and semi-arid regions. It provides an overview of the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, emphasizing water supply technologies such as artificial recharge, water transfers, desalination, and rainfall harvesting
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Municipal water supply -- Management -- Case studies
Water quality management -- Case studies
Water-supply -- Management -- Case studies
Groundwater -- Management -- Case studies
Arid regions -- Environmental conditions -- Case studies
Sewage -- Purification -- Arid regions -- Case studies
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
Groundwater -- Management
Municipal water supply -- Management
Sewage -- Purification -- Arid regions
Water quality management
Water-supply -- Management
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Mays, Larry W
ISBN 9780203895443
0203895444