Urban Water Trajectories, 1st ed. 2017 Future City Series, Vol. 6
Coordonnateurs : Bell Sarah, Allen Adriana, Hofmann Pascale, Teh Tse-Hui
This book documents a sample of those different trajectories, in terms of water transformations, option, services and politics. Water is a key element shaping urban form, economies and lifestyles, part of the ongoing transformation of cities. Cities are faced with a range of technical and policy options for future water systems. Water is an essential urban service, but models of provision remain highly contested with different visions for ownership of infrastructure, the scale of provision, and the level of service demanded by users. Water is a contentious political issue in the future of cities, serving different urban interests as power and water seem to flow in the same direction.
Cities in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and South America provide case studies and emerging water challenges and responses. Comparison across different contexts demonstrates how the particular and the universal intersect in complex ways to generate new trajectories for urban water.Multi-disciplinary focus, including design, engineering, ecology, politics, planning, geography and other social sciences
Global case studies and authors, crossing developed and developing country contexts
Addresses key trends in debates about water in cities, highlighting conflicting as well as convergent viewpoints
Audience of urban professionals, activists, researchers and students
Identifies the practical impact of politics and discourse about water in cities
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 11-2016
Ouvrage de 214 p.
15.5x23.5 cm