TY - BOOK
T1 - Urban Water Ecosystems in Africa and Asia
T2 - Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Restoration
AU - Chakraborty, Shamik
AU - Chatterjee, Amit
AU - Kumar, Pankaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 selection and editorial matter, Shamik Chakraborty, Amit Chatterjee and Pankaj Kumar; individual chapters, the contributors. All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/1/1
Y1 - 2024/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85213180893&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781003437833
DO - 10.4324/9781003437833
M3 - 書籍
AN - SCOPUS:85213180893
SN - 9781032565354
BT - Urban Water Ecosystems in Africa and Asia
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -