Water and urban development paradigms: towards and integration of engineering, design and management approaches

Communication across and integration of disciplines in the urban-water sectorseems today more imperative than ever before. Water is a strategic and shrinking resource. It is probably the world's most valuable resource and clean water has even been touted as the 'next oil'. Control of water - from access to management - has always been a highly politicised affair. The complexities thatsurround it are proving to be major challenges as the world continues to urbanise and human habits of mass consumption and pollution deplete natural resources and destroy natural eco-systems. Water issues are increasingly high on theinternational agenda – particularly in desert, tropical and sub-tropical regions. Water and Urban Development Paradigms includes the papers presented at theInternational Conference on Water and Urban Development Paradigms: Towards anIntegration of Engineering, Design and Management Approaches (Leuven, Belgium, 15-19 September 2008), and intends to bridge the gap between the disciplinesof water management, ecology and the approaches of engineering, urban design and spatial planning. The volume explores a number of themes, discussing the historical relationship between water systems and human settlements, and related management problems regarding urban floods, water use and water sanitation.

• ISBN: 978-0-415-48334-6
• Editorial: Routledge
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 694
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés