Water and Urban Development Paradigms: Towards an Integration of Engineering, Design and Management Approaches

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Communication across and integration of disciplines in the urban-water sector seems 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 that surround 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 the international agenda – particularly in desert, tropical and sub-tropical regions. Water and Urban Development Paradigms includes the papers presented at the International Conference on Water and Urban Development Paradigms: Towards an Integration of Engineering, Design and Management Approaches (Leuven, Belgium, 15-19 September 2008), and intends to bridge the gap between the disciplines of 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. The aim of Water and Urban Development Paradigms is to contribute to the better integration of approaches currently considered in the separate disciplines of water management, water engineering, urban planning and design, and aquatic ecology - and lead to the emergence of new, more effective water and urban development paradigms. The book will be of special interest to scientists and professionals in the fields of architecture, urban planning, water resources engineering, water supply and sanitation, flood protection, among related fields; to public and non-governmental organizations active in urban planning and the water sector, and to university teachers and students in architecture, urbanism and planning, water and sanitation engineering. Front cover Table of Contents Acknowledgement Preface Conference Introduction Innovation in water management for the city of the future Part one: Urbanity and hydrology Keynote papers Sustainable urban water management Urban aquatics Preserving the hydrology of urban Ghana through implementing integrated water resources management Session papers Water urbanism: Hydrological infrastructure as an urban frame in Vietnam Living with water: The settlements of Vietnam Mekong Delta A study of waterfront development – A case study of the Moganshan District, Shanghai Quantifying changes in land use and surface water bodies in Wuhan, China Design and management of urban artificial watercourses in Taiwan: The cases of Tainan Canal and Liugong Ditch Incorporating rainwater-harvesting and retention basins design into urban development paradigms in Greater Bandung, Indonesia Urban waterfront development patterns: Water as a structuring element of urbanity Changing water consumption pattern of Beira Lake and its effects to the city image Urban growth, loss of water bodies and flooding in Indian cities: The case of Hyderabad How water flows in strategic spatial planning: The strategic role of water in Dutch regional planning projects Exploring the relationship between water management technology and urban design in the Dutch polder cities Ghent: Water as a structuring element of urbanity Pelagic city: TheWynyard Point Park Historic water-cycle infrastructure and its influence on urban form in London Dualism and its effects on urban water infrastructure management: The case of Nairobi city Deterioration of the environment and undefined type of structuring: Eastern Mediterranean coasts of Anatolia-Göksu Delta Istanbul: Major transformations as a water city The influence of water in shaping culture and modernisation of the Kathmandu Valley Between leisure and productivity: A water management project for the central coast of Chile Design strategies for urban water systems: A case study of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro Water: on the power of forms and devices Part two: Mitigating natural disasters Keynote papers Implications of global warming and urban land use change on flooding in Europe Mitigating of water related natural disasters in developing countries Mitigating urban flood disasters in India Session papers Future flood risks and comprehensive flood management Urban flood protection chart Real-time control of urban flooding The impact of climate change on the hydrology in highly urbanised Belgian areas 2D modelling of sewer flooding in the urban environment Intelligent decision support system based geo-information technology and spatial planning for sustainable water management in Flanders, Belgium A trans-disciplinary approach to confronting climate trends and extreme weather in urban areas Disaster mitigation lessons from “build back better” following the 26 December 2004 Tsunamis Coastal reformulations and hydrologic management in Sri Lanka after the December 2004 Tsunami: A landscape urbanism methodology Disaster management in Bangladesh: Experiences from the Tsunami warning in Cox’s Bazar District – September 12, 2007 Virtual nature systems for management of urban disasters Managing urban water disasters in Gujarat: Risk assessment and risk reduction Flash floods due to glacier lake outburst floods in the mountainous regions of Nepal: A case study of Kawache Glacier Lake outburst flood Selection of flood frequency model in Niger Basin using maximum likelihood method Part three: Urban water management Keynote papers Estimation of urban design storms in consideration of GCM-based climate change scenarios Slum networking – A paradigm shift to transcend poverty with water, environmental sanitation and hidden resources The Dutch Delta: Looking for a new fusion of urbanism and hydraulic engineering Risks and integrated management of the urban water cycle in megacities of the developing world: Mexico City Session papers Real-time Decision Support System for sewer systems based on hydro-dynamic models and precipitation radar Improving hydrological model parameterisation in urbanised catchments: Remote sensing derived impervious surface cover maps Optimal operation of urban water supply systems: A multi-objective approach using the PROMETHEE method The cause and implications of urban river pollution: Mitigative measures and benthic macroinvertebrates as river monitoring tool Ypacarai watershed management planning in the Asuncion Metropolitan Region Variability of urban water supply and demand Quenching Chennai’s insatiable thirst: A study of the city’s water demands and solutions Sustainable development and wastewater in peri-urban wetlands: A case study on East KolkataWetland Assessment of groundwater artificial recharge from water storage structures in a rural region of west Iran Hydrological changes in the mediterranean zone: Impacts of environmental modifications and rural development in the Merguellil catchment Vulnerability mapping in South African karst terrains The spatial organisation of decentralised wastewater and stormwater management in urban landscape areas Investigating the relation of a sustainable vernacular technique to settlement pattern Single family wastewater treatment systems: A guide to select the most suited system Potential of roof rainwater harvesting for water supply in Jordan Potential of roof-top rainwater harvesting techniques in urban areas: A case study from India Determining factors influencing sewer structural deterioration: Leuven (Belgium) case study Pollution prevention in Philadelphia: Dealing with illicit/defective laterals Urban water management at UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme New directions in urban water management Part four: Rethinking water governance Keynote papers Rethinking water governance Development and regulatory challenges in water services to the urban poor: Examples from Uganda and Tanzania Rethinking water governance: Towards a new multidimensional approach for mega-cities in developing countries Session papers Building more effective partnerships for innovation in urban water management Can water governance operate in an institutional vacuum? Bridging science and policy for effective implementation of EU groundwater legislation Evaluating the need, benefits and challenges of implementing shared water governance in an urban context: Comparing Calgary, Canada and Mexico City, Mexico Cap-Haïtien: If ever there was an urban water challenge. Use of the STELLA model for evaluating prospective urban water-use scenarios in Baja, California, Mexico Assessing the value of water in urban slums: A hedonic price analysis for four cities, Chile Pricing water and sewerage services in Metro Manila with the contingent valuation method Inequality and access to water in the city of Cochabamba Privatisation and universal access to water: Examining the recent phase of water governance in Nigeria Learning from non-governmental organizations (NGOs): Community participation in water facilities provision in the Ho District of Ghana Ensuring access to urban water for slum dwellers: An institutional synthesis of low income cities in Bangladesh A Review of a water supply system in Dhaka city Inter-basin transfer of Nepal’s water resources for sustainable benefits Virtual water trade as a solution for water scarcity in Egypt Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) in Turkey: An integrated water resources-based project Real estate investment in high-risk coastal zones Impacts of trans-border water woes in South Asian riparian countries – assessment and analysis Water governance, CPR’s and public participation – Challenges to water policies in Portugal The Latin American water tribunal and the need for public spaces for social participation in water governance Author index Back cover