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1 Wamsler, C. 2009. Urban risk reduction and adaptation: how to promote resilient communities and adapt to increasing disasters and changing climatic conditions? Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr Muller. 187p.
Climate change ; Disasters ; Adaptation ; Risk management ; Urban development ; Development plans ; Settlement ; Poverty ; Research methods ; Data collection
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G000 WAM Record No: H042541)
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2 Wamsler, C. 2009. Urban risk reduction and adaptation: how to promote resilient communities and adapt to increasing disasters and changing climatic conditions? Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr Muller. 187p.
Climate change ; Disasters ; Adaptation ; Risk management ; Urban development ; Development plans ; Settlement ; Poverty ; Research methods ; Data collection
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G000 WAM c2 Record No: H042542)
3 Servat, E.; Demuth, S.; Dezetter, A.; Daniell, T.; Ferrari, E.; Ijjaali, M.; Jabrane, R.; Van Lanen, H.; Huang, Y. (Eds.) 2010. Global change: facing risks and threats to water resources. Proceedings of the Sixth World FRIEND Conference, Fez, Morocco, 25-29 October 2010. Wallingford, UK: International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). 698p. (IAHS Publication 340)
Hydrological factors ; Hazards ; Adaptation ; Water resource management ; Flooding ; Drought ; Environmental monitoring ; Simulation models ; GIS ; Mapping ; Decision support systems ; Watersheds ; Risk assessment ; Groundwater ; River Basins ; Climate change ; Case studies ; Seasonal variation ; Runoff ; Floodplains ; Historical aspects ; Reservoirs ; Hydrological cycle ; Surface water ; Water scarcity ; Water quality ; Water balance ; Evapotranspiration ; Urban development ; Land use ; Land cover ; Erosion ; Aquifers / France / Russia / Czech Republic / Tunisia / Algeria / Italy / Brazil / Europe / Africa / Vietnam / Norway / Slovakia / Germany / Colombia / USA / Caribbean / Benin / Cameroon / UK / Chile / Nitra River / Oueme Region / Chellif River Basin / Taquari River Basin / Terek River Basin / Tuscany / Crati River Basin / Volta River Basin / Thach Han River Basin / River Elbe Basin / Harz Mountains / Algerian Coastal Basin / Volta River Basin / Berrechid Plain / Upper Niger River / Moulouya Watershed / Atlantic Ocean / Danube River / Sudano-Sahelian Catchment / Yaere flood plain
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 SER Record No: H043485)
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4 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Environment. 2010. Strategies to combat climate change in Sri Lanka. Battaramulla, Sri Lanka: Ministry of Environment. 1 CD.
Climate change ; Adaptation ; Water resources ; Water use ; Biodiversity ; Ecosystems ; Agriculture ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Public health ; Urban development / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: CD Col. Record No: H043711)
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5 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Environment. 2010. Sector vulnerability profile: urban development, human settlements and economic infrastructure. Battaramulla, Sri Lanka: Ministry of Environment. 55p. + appendices. (Climate Change Vulnerability in Sri Lanka)
Urban development ; Natural disasters ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Strategies ; Institutions ; Policy ; Legislation ; Transport ; Tourism ; Electricity generation / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G744 SRI Record No: H043720)
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6 Sri Lanka. Ministry of Environment. 2011. Climate change vulnerability data book. Battaramulla, Sri Lanka: Ministry of Environment. 189p. (Climate Change Vulnerability in Sri Lanka)
Maps ; Statistics ; Climate change ; Urban development ; Transport ; Flooding ; Natural disasters ; Drinking water ; Drought ; Irrigation water ; Rice ; Plantations ; Fisheries ; Livestock ; Public health ; Diseases / Sri Lanka
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.25 G744 SRI Record No: H043721)
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7 Mekong River Commission Secretariat. 2002. Basin development plan: planning process. Draft working paper. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Mekong River Commission Secretariat. 108p. + annexes.
River basin development ; Water resources ; Water management ; Environmental management ; Development policy ; Agricultural policy ; Water policy ; Water law ; Economic development ; Poverty ; Flood control ; Rural development ; Urban development ; Socioeconomic development ; Governance ; Economic aspects / Cambodia / Laos / Thailand / Vietnam / Lower Mekong River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 8094 Record No: H044510)
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8 Jahani, H. R. 2011. Role of groundwater in the Tehran water supply [Iran]. In Findikakis, A. N.; Sato, K. Groundwater management practices. Leiden, Netherlands: CRC Press - Balkema. pp.112-122. (IAHR Monograph)
Water management ; Urban development ; Groundwater recharge ; Water supply ; Water quality ; Water use ; Water storage ; Aquifers ; Environmental effects / Iran / Tehran
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 FIN Record No: H045651)
9 Mathur, G. N.; Chawla, A. S. (Eds.) 2005. Water for sustainable development - towards innovative solutions: proceedings of the XII World Water Congress, New Delhi, India, 22-25 November 2005. Vol. 3. New Delhi, India: Central Board of Irrigation and Power; Montpellier, France: International Water Resources Association (IWRA). 526p.
Water governance ; Water management ; International waters ; Agreements ; Conflicts ; Groundwater extraction ; Water quality ; Water law ; Water rights ; Water use ; Water security ; Water scarcity ; Wastewater ; River basins ; Water conservation ; Water distribution ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Watersheds ; Poverty ; Economic growth ; Environmental protection ; Urban development ; Community involvement ; Women ; Financing ; Climate change ; Natural disasters ; Irrigation management ; Participatory management / Asia / Central Asia / Middle East / Cambodia / India / North Africa / South Africa / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Nepal / Malaysia / Mexico / Canada / North China / Tonle Sap Lake / Andhra Pradesh / New Delhi / Bangkok / Colorado River Basin / Haihe River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G000 MAT Record No: H045959)
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10 Wijayadasa, K. H. J. (Ed.) 1997. Harmonising environment and development in South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP). 458p.
Sustainable development ; Environmental management ; Economic development ; Economic policy ; Ecosystems ; Biodiversity ; Climate change ; Air pollution ; Water pollution ; Water quality ; Waste management ; Forest management ; Agroforestry ; Environmental legislation ; Environmental impact assessment ; International cooperation ; Poverty ; Population growth ; Public participation ; Women in development ; Capacity building ; Urban development ; Coastal area ; Tourism ; Islands ; Mountains ; Irrigation management / South Asia / Sri Lanka / Maldives / India / Nepal / Pakistan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.7 G000 WIJ Record No: H046706)
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11 Unnisa, S. A.; Rav, S. B. (Eds.) 2013. Sustainable solid waste management. Oakville, ON, Canada: Apple Academic Press. 163p.
Solid wastes ; Waste management ; Urban wastes ; Sustainability ; Waste treatment ; Urban development ; Social behaviour ; Techniques ; Recycling ; Models ; Vermicomposting ; Assessment ; Case studies / Mexico / India / Nigeria / Eluru / Anambra State / Kamareddy
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.7282 G000 UNN Record No: H046748)
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12 Bhardwaj, G. S. 2014. Geo-social aspects of developments in peri-urban regions. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.29-40. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Periurban areas ; Spatial planning ; Social aspects ; Urban development ; Land use ; Mapping ; Population ; Case studies / India / Udaipur
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047018)
The peripheral fringe area of cities comes under the peri-urban category, where rural areas are forced to assimilate with urban areas. Sustainable development of fast growing peri-urban regions is a big challenge for the various agencies and authorities concerned throughout the world. The geo-social dynamics of assimilation of the rural-urban spatial fringe are a new concept to understand; its significance in planning and management of the sustainability of environment, ecology of the area in particular the socio-economic facet of sanitation and health. The quantification of the sustainability of the development establishes by geo-social degradation. There are several geo-social buffer zones, which have been specified to understand the existing peri-urban regions state of development and evolve the strategies for betterment. Geo-social aspect of peri-urban regions development is an interdisciplinary approach.
13 Buxton, M. 2014. The expanding urban fringe: impacts on peri-urban areas, Melbourne, Australia. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.55-70. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Periurban areas ; Urban development ; Rural areas ; Land use ; Urban planning ; Population growth ; Policy ; State intervention ; Farmland ; Environmental effects / Australia / Melbourne
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047020)
The resources of peripheral urban areas are under unprecedented threat because of the rapid conversion of rural land for urban purposes. Yet these resources offer significant long-term advantages to cities by increasing their resilience in times of rapid change. Cities which retain the values of their hinterlands may be those which survive best this century. The fate of the peri-urban area of Melbourne, Australia, and associated decision making processes, provide a case study of the pressures on peri-urban regions and the common inadequacy of government responses. Australian cities are characterised by two co-existing city types. Dense, nineteenth century mixed use inner urban areas characteristic of European cities are becoming denser. Yet new outer urban development continues the detached housing model and separated land uses typical of North America and adopted in Australia early in the twentieth century at some of the world’s lowest housing and population densities. Spatial difference is matched to social inequity. Higher income, tertiary educated, professionally employed households are concentrated in service rich inner and middle ring suburbs and selected outer urban areas, while lower income households without tertiary qualifications are concentrated primarily in service poor outer urban areas. Australian cities consume land at one of the world’s highest per capita rates, continually transforming nearby rural areas with high natural resource values to urban uses. These cities also affect broader non-urban areas. People are attracted to semi-rural lifestyles within commuting distance of metropolitan areas. Unless governments intervene, land is subdivided into rural-residential lots and agricultural pursuits relocate further from cities. Tourism and recreational developments are constructed on rural land and a range of other urban related land uses gradually emerge until the rural nature of these areas is irrevocably altered. Every Australian capital city adopted a metropolitan strategic spatial plan after 2000 which attempted to limit further outer growth into urban hinterlands through a range of urban containment policies. However, none of these plans succeeded in containing the urban sprawl or in radically changing the dominant model of outer urban development from detached housing with little variation in lot size or house types, large average lot sizes and separated land uses. Every State strategic plan has been substantially modified or abandoned. This chapter describes the impacts of metropolitan centres on peripheral urban areas, examines development pressures on these areas, why they are important to cities and why Australian cities continue to spread despite stated policies to the contrary. The city of Melbourne, Australia, is used as a case study, but broader conclusions are drawn for other cities.
14 Mason, D.; Davidson, B. 2014. Why and how to sustain agriculture around our cities: a case study of Sydney, Australia. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.269-282. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural development ; Urban development ; Food production ; Marketing ; Development projects ; State intervention ; Farmers ; Periurban areas ; Case studies / Australia / Sydney
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047041)
In the peri-urban regions that surround cities traditional industries, such as agriculture, tend to suffer as the process of urbanisation occurs. These industries tended to survive because their proximity to urban centres provided them with all the advantages of a natural monopoly in selected products. However, this natural protection is eroded by improvements in transport systems, amongst other factors, and in the end the traditional industries succumb to development pressures. In the past this process of change has not been managed well, with many instances of peri-urban regions and industries being swallowed up by new urban developments. The purpose in this paper is to outline an example of a program that is designed to manage the interests of those in the traditional industries in peri-urban regions as the process of development occurs. The program is known as the Hawkesbury Harvest and it is applied to the peri-urban region to the west of Sydney, Australia. In this paper, the history of agriculture in the region is initially presented in order to provide a context of how Hawkesbury Harvest operates. The region itself had a number of natural assets that protected it from competition, but these ceased with the development of improved transport networks. Hawkesbury Harvest operates within a competitive environment promoting the products and ecosystem services of traditional activities in a region that is subject to severe urban development pressures. It serves to manage the process of change in an ever changing environment and acts as a template for other regions suffering from similar pressures.
15 Vervoort, R. W. 2014. Maintaining landscape functionality under land use change. In Maheshwari, B.; Purohit, R.; Malano, H.; Singh, V. P.; Amerasinghe, Priyanie. (Eds.). The security of water, food, energy and liveability of cities: challenges and opportunities for peri-urban futures. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. pp.393-401. (Water Science and Technology Library Volume 71)
Landscape ; Land use ; Urbanization ; Urban development ; Periurban areas ; Flooding ; Runoff ; Hydrology ; Models ; Policy ; Ecological factors / Australia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047049)
Peri-urban growth can affect local flood and drought risks, which are exacerbated by climate change. Research into optimal planning and arrangement of landscape functions is needed to manage local flood and drought risks. As a first step, simple hydrological models are required to study the range of feedbacks and interactions within the peri-urban areas. A demonstration, using a simple modeling example, indicates how including buffer zones will reduce local flooding and how such models can be used for virtual experiments. Further development of such simple tools into spatial and agent based models will support new field studies and policy development for peri-urban areas.
16 World Bank. Water and Sanitation Program (WSP); International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2016. Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater in urban India: a proposed advisory and guidance document. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 57p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse Series 08) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2016.203]
Wastewater treatment ; Water reuse ; Recycling ; Sewage ; Urban areas ; Urban development ; Policy making ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Wastewater irrigation ; Water resources ; Water supply ; Freshwater ; Water demand ; Groundwater irrigation ; Pumping ; Sanitation ; Pollution ; Economic value ; Cost recovery ; Agriculture ; Nutrients ; Industrial uses ; Fertilizers ; Greenhouse gases ; Energy consumption ; Farm income ; Farmers / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047508)
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Recycling and reuse of treated wastewater are an important part of the sanitation cycle and critical in an environment such as urban India with decreasing freshwater availability and increasing costs for delivering acceptable quality water, often from far distance. This report has been developed as a possible guidance document for the Indian government and gives substantial focus to the financial and economic benefits of wastewater recycling from the perspective of public spending. The report presents possible strategies for city and state planners and policymakers in view of the sanitation situation and the role of wastewater recycling in the larger cities in India (class I and II cities and towns with populations above 50,000), and focuses on recycling at the end of sewerage systems after treatment at sewage treatment plants.
17 Kasei, R. A.; Amisigo, B.; Mul, Marloes L. 2016. Managing floods and droughts. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.76-91.
Natural disasters ; Flooding ; Drought ; Rain ; Risk reduction ; Risk management ; River basins ; Resilience ; Water storage ; Groundwater recharge ; Land use ; Deforestation ; Urban development / West Africa / Benin / Burkina Faso / Ivory Coast / Ghana / Mali / Togo / Volta River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047726)
18 Van Rooijen, Daniel; Ampomah, B.; Nikiema, Josiane; Coulibaly, Y. N.; Yiougo, L. 2016. Urban and industrial development. In Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. pp.145-160.
Urban development ; Industrial development ; Industrial uses ; River basins ; Domestic water ; Water use ; Drinking water ; Water supply ; Water power ; Water productivity ; Water resources ; Water quality ; Water reuse ; Irrigated farming ; Wastewater treatment ; Economic development ; Trade ; Tourism / West Africa / Benin / Burkina Faso / Ivory Coast / Ghana / Mali / Togo / Volta River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047730)
19 Williams, Timothy O.; Mul, Marloes L.; Biney, C. A.; Smakhtin, Vladimir. (Eds.) 2016. The Volta River Basin: water for food, economic growth and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge - Earthscan. 281p. (Earthscan Series on Major River Basins of the World)
River basin management ; Economic growth ; Water resources ; Water governance ; Water use ; Water power ; Water quality ; Water balance ; Water scarcity ; Water availability ; Water policy ; Surface water ; Groundwater ; Drinking water ; International waters ; Wastewater treatment ; Domestic consumption ; Industrial uses ; Climate change ; Flood control ; Drought ; Socioeconomic environment ; Poverty ; Living standards ; Food security ; Sustainable agriculture ; Agricultural development ; Crops ; Urban development ; Industrial development ; Ecosystem services ; Environmental flows ; Public health ; Intensification ; Population density ; Economic aspects ; Farmland ; Food composition ; Riparian zones ; Meteorological stations ; Infrastructure ; Gender ; Legislation ; Energy generation ; Dams ; Global warming ; Emission ; Land use ; Land cover change ; Case studies / West Africa / Benin / Burkina Faso / Ivory Coast / Ghana / Mali / Togo / Volta River Basin
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H047720)
20 Matthews, Nathanial. 2016. People and fresh water ecosystems: pressures, responses and resilience. Aquatic Procedia, 6:99-105. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqpro.2016.06.012]
Freshwater ; Payment for Ecosystem Services ; Water power ; Urban development ; Resilience ; Water security ; Water resources ; Water demand ; Decision making
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H047785)
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Freshwater ecosystems are central to the global water cycle, in local generation of freshwater flows, and the healthy functioning and resilience of other ecosystems. Freshwater security depends on healthy ecosystems. Current human threats to freshwater ecosystems include rapid infrastructure development and land-use change, inefficient water use and over-abstraction, and pollutants. These threats, combined with increasing demand for water resources, exacerbate the sustainable development challenge. By 2025, two-thirds of the world's population may be living in conditions of severe water stress. It is essential to find solutions that provide for the maintenance of freshwater ecosystems while meeting human needs. This paper examines responses to three pressures to freshwater ecosystems: declining ecosystem services, hydropower and urban development. It explores opportunities for improved decision-making and enhanced resilience including: better evaluation of trade-offs and interlinkages; improved monitoring; decision-making that incorporates long-term perspectives and risks; and the leveraging of crises to advance change.
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