EditorialUrban water management to increase sustainability of cities
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Examining urban water management practices – Challenges and possibilities for transitions to sustainable urban water management in Sub-Saharan cities
2019, Sustainable Cities and SocietyCitation Excerpt :Sociotechnical systems such as urban water management systems are seen as key to adapting to climate change and achieving resilient cities. Currently, the components of urban water management systems i.e. water supply, waste water and stormwater drainage are based on universal conventional infrastructures of underground pipe networks (Novotny, Ahern, & Brown, 2010); however, the resilience of such systems is being questioned in light of the above-mentioned challenges (Chocat et al., 2007; Rauch & Morgenroth, 2013). There has been general agreement amongst urban water practitioners (especially in developed cities) on the need to change the trajectory of urban water management towards more sustainable configurations that build on decentralised, nature-based systems (Rauch & Morgenroth, 2013).
Megacities and rivers: Scalar mismatches between urban water management and river basin management
2019, Journal of HydrologyCitation Excerpt :However, even when many stakeholders are included in participatory forums, experts dominate debates and shape decisions (van den Brandeler et al., 2014). Traditional UWM is technocratic (Rauch and Morgenroth, 2013; Brown and Farrelly, 2009), promoting standardized and large-scale technological solutions rather than sustainable technologies and practices (GTT, 2014; Farrelly and Brown, 2011). However, SUWM aims at integrating infrastructure and biophysical systems (e.g. stormwater treatment and rainwater harvesting systems), thereby considering social, economic, environmental and political contexts (Brown and Keath 2008a,b; Mitchell, 2006; Vlachos and Braga, 2001).
Food consumption and related water resources in Nordic cities
2017, Ecological IndicatorsCitation Excerpt :They have reduced direct urban water use, e.g. by means of general rehabilitation of aging water infrastructure (Scholten et al., 2014), pipe leakage reductions (Lahnsteiner and Lempert, 2007; Vanham et al., 2016b), citizen awareness campaigns on domestic water use (March et al., 2015) or the installation of individual water meters. Cities have invested in decentralised water infrastructure systems (Marlow et al., 2013; Rauch and Morgenroth, 2013) or water treatment plants treating 100% of wastewater (Van Leeuwen and Sjerps, 2015). Many northern European cities, including Stockholm or Copenhagen, therefore have high scores regarding direct urban water management in rankings like the Green City Index (Economist Intelligence Unit, Siemens, 2012).
LAKE ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND LAND USE PLANNING IN LAKESIDE AREA FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TWO-WAY INTERACTION
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