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Download fileA New Approach to Urban Water Management: Safe and Sure
conference contribution
posted on 2023-07-26, 14:11 authored by David Butler, Raziyeh Farmani, Guangtao Fu, Sarah Ward, Kegong Diao, Maryam Astaraie-ImaniThis paper introduces a new approach to water management that is ‘Safe & SuRe’. This includes presenting a conceptual framework to link the emerging threats of climate change and variability, rapid urbanization and population growth, energy constraint and tightening environmental regulation through to their consequences on social, economic and environmental recipients. The framework allows identification of the role and need for mitigation, adaptation and coping strategies. The paper proposes definitions and discusses what engineering, organizational and/or social options can potentially develop the degree of resilience and sustainability needed to deal with these 21st century threats. The paper goes on to propose how these approaches might be objectively assessed and identifies gaps in our knowledge that require further research.
History
Volume
89Page range
347-354Publication title
Procedia EngineeringISSN
1877-7058External DOI
Publisher
ElsevierConference proceeding
16th Water Distribution System Analysis Conference, WDSA2014: Urban Water Hydroinformatics and Strategic PlanningName of event
16th Water Distribution System Analysis Conference, WDSA2014Location
Bari, ItalyEvent start date
2014-07-14Event finish date
2014-07-17Editors
Orazio Giustolisi, Bruno Brunone, Daniele Laucelli, Luigi Berardi, Alberto CampisanoFile version
- Published version
Language
- eng