Water for urban areas : challenges and perspectives /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	UNU Global Environmental Forum
Other Authors:	Uitto, Juha I., Biswas, Asit K.
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [2000]
Series:	Water resources management and policy series.
Subjects:	Municipal water supply > Congresses. Urbanization > Congresses. Twenty-first century > Congresses. Water-supply > Management > Case studies > Congresses.

Table of Contents:

Preface / Juha I. Uitto and Asit K Biswas
Foreword / Abraham Besrat
Water for urban areas of the developing world in the twenty-first century / Asit K. Biswas
Water management in metropolitan Tokyo / Yutaka Takahasi
Water quality management issues in the Kansai Metropolitan Region / Masahisa Nakamura
Water management in mega-cities in India: Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, and Chennai / Rajendra Sagane
Water supply and distribution in the metropolitan area of Mexico City / Cecilia Tortajada-Quiroz
Wastewater management and reuse in mega-cities / Takashi Asano
The role of the private sector in the provision of water and wastewater services in urban areas / Walter Stottmann
Emergency water supply and disaster vulnerability / Charles Scawthorn
Conclusions / Juha I. Uitto and Asit K Biswas.