Urban Water Ecosystems in Africa and Asia
Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Restoration
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Urban Water Ecosystems in Africa and Asia
Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Restoration
About this book
This book examines urban water ecosystem management and restoration through selected case studies in Asia and Africa. Employing a socioecological approach, this volume presents insights on the interlinkages between water, humans, and environmental conservation in an urban context.
Topics include human health risks, population displacement and migration, water pollution, water scarcity, flood management, water infrastructure, afforestation, and the effects of climate change. Case studies are drawn from a variety of countries in Africa and Asia, including China, Japan, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, and Tunisia, which demonstrate a wide range of different challenges, and opportunities. Overall, this book argues that to better manage urban water resources, there needs to be a shift from urban water management to urban water ecosystem management. This shift needs to acknowledge the complex biophysical and socio-political dimensions of water ecosystems.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of water resource management, ecosystem services, urban studies, environmental conservation and sustainable development.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 From urban water resource management to urban water ecosystem management
- 2 Integrated resource use management practices for better urban water management through the application of SES lens
- 3 Ecosystem service valuation and risk assessment of a Ramsar site region (India) for strengthening protection and conservation
- 4 Impact of water shortage and climate change on peri-urban agriculture in Tunisia
- 5 Cultural and scientific understanding of submarine groundwater discharge
- 6 Migration induced by water scarcity: A brief review
- 7 Urban water sector management, challenges, opportunities and cross-cutting issues: A case of Malawi’s urban water sector
- 8 Assessing human health risks associated to water stress: A local approach in the Indian context
- 9 Water ecosystem management in Japan: Successes and failures
- 10 Building resilience to climate change through water retention solutions in Ca Mau City, Vietnam
- 11 Quantification of ecosystem benefits of community plantation and its impacts on human well-being: A case study from Kenya
- 12 The production of hydrosocial space in contemporary China
- 13 Water accessibility: Information failures and beyond
- 14 Flood management issues in Dhaka City: Identifying challenges and sustainable solutions
- 15 Challenges and opportunities for urban water ecosystems in Asia and Africa: Conclusions and way forward
- Index