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Format: XIX, 489 p. 94 illus., 83 illus. in color. , online resource.

ISBN: 9789401788786

Series Statement: Water Science and Technology Library, 71

Content: The population of cities around the world is growing at an alarming rate, and as a result the landscapes of most cities are going through enormous changes. In particular, fertile agricultural lands at the periphery of cities are being developed without consideration of holistic planning. As such, peri-urban areas, zones of transition from rural to urban land uses located between the outer limits of the urban and the rural environment are experiencing significant losses of agricultural land, increased runoff, and water quality degradation. Concurrently, the demands for water, food and energy are increasing within cities, and unless a balance is struck the liveability of these cities will soon be compromised. The current water and land use changes have serious consequences on lifestyle, environment, health and overall well-being of urban communities. This book therefore helps readers to understand the current issues and challenges and examines suitable strategies and practices to cope with current and future pressures of urbanisation and peri-urban land-use changes. The book examines a number of critical aspects in relation to the future of cities and peri-urban regions, including the suitability of policies and institutions to sustain cities into the future; impact of current trends in land use change, population increase and water demand; long term planning needs and approaches to ensure the secured future for generations ahead; and strategies to adapt the cities and land uses so that they remain viable and liveable. The readership of the book will include policy makers, urban planners, researchers, post-graduate students in urban planning and environmental and water resources management and managers in municipal councils.

Note: From the Contents: Peri-urban: The Final Frontier for Urban Sustainability and Resilience -- Integrated Water Cycle Modelling of the Urban/Peri-urban Continuum -- Managing Threats and Opportunities of Urbanization for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Tamala Metropolis, Ghana -- Protected Horticulture in Peri-urban Areas: An Alternative to Meet Future Challenges of Malnutrition and Livelihood Security Due to Urbanisation -- Promoting Urban and Peri-urban Farming to build Productive, Vibrant and Inclusive Cities – The Way Forward -- Urbanization and its Effects on Water, Food Security and Energy Needs In Iran – A Case Study of City of Shiraz -- Knowledge Assessment on Climate Change and Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Dakar, Senegal -- Planning for Land and Water Resources in Peri-urban Landscapes – Lessons from Australia -- Urban Agriculture, A Response to the Food Supply Crisis in Kampala City, Uganda.

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Additional Edition: Printed edition: ISBN 9789401788779

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

Keywords: Konferenzschrift

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6

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Format: Online-Ressource (X, 280p. 48 illus. in color, digital)

ISBN: 9789048137695

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Content: Headwaters are fragile environments threatened by anthropogenic actions. The regeneration of headwaters calls for a practical approach through integrated environmental management. This book discusses various issues concerning headwater regions of the world under wide-ranging themes: climate change impacts, vegetal cover, sub-surface hydrology, catchment and streamflow hydrology, pollution, water quality and limnology, remote sensing and GIS, environmental impact assessment and mitigation, socio-economic impacts, public participation, education and management, and integrated watershed management. This book aims to bring about an awareness in sustainable regeneration of headwater regions and particularly highlighting the problems of environmental management in highlands and headwaters. These regions consist of great reserves of natural resources which need to be exploited and managed sustainably

Note: Description based upon print version of record , Sustainable Management of Headwater Resources , Social Science Contributions to Multiple Objective Decision Making within Watersheds , Managing Headwater Regions in Australia: Assessing Socio-economic and Resource Sustainability , Building Co-operations, Coalitions and Governance on Mountain Catchments Sustainability , Developing Sustainability Priorities with a Participatory Process: Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa , Management of Headwaters in Acidified Areas along the West Coast of Norway , Monitoring for Modelling Reality and Sound Economics , The Nile Headwaters: Wetlands and Catchments in Highland Ethiopia , Changing Flow in the Okavango Basin: Upstream Developments and Downstream Effects , Bedrock Groundwater as a Major Control on Streamflow Generation in Upland Wales, UK , CRENODAT (Biodiversity Assessment and Integrity Evaluation of Springs of Trentino (Italian Alps) and Long-term Ecological Research): Project Design and Preliminary Results , Water as a Symbol of National Identity in Norway , Assessing Renewable Water Resources and Water Use in Angola , Water Management Issues in Middle Mountain Catchments of the Nepal Himalayas: The Downstream Perspective , Inventorisation of Environmental Risk Associated with Hazardous Waste Generated in Small Scale Industrial Area of Delhi, India , The Impact of Land Use on Nutrient Concentration in Upper Streams of Waters in Slovenia , Recovery of Headwater Catchments and Lakes Affected by the Acid Atmospheric Deposition , Disasters in the Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: A Case Study of Tsatichhu Lake in Bhutan , Perception and Communication of Flood Risk: Preliminary Results from the FLOWS Project , Decreasing the Risk of Floods in Small and Medium Sized Catchments through Natural Storage in Headwater and Riparian Zones , Estimating Sediment Mobilisation from Torrent and Gully Deposits: Field Studies , Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts of Erosion and Sedimentation in Sudan

Additional Edition: ISBN 9789048137688

Additional Edition: Buchausg. u.d.T. Integrated watershed management Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer, 2010 ISBN 9789048137688

Additional Edition: ISBN 9048137683

Language: English

Subjects: Geography

Keywords: Wasserherkunftsgebiet ; Wasserreserve ; Management ; Wasserherkunftsgebiet ; Wasserreserve ; Management ; Konferenzschrift

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3769-5

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