Cities of the future and urban water management
- Resumen
- Cities of the future are likely to experience difficulties in efficiently managing scarcer and less reliable water resources. To address these difficulties successfully, there is a need to change significantly the way we manage urban water cycle. There are several key concepts that underlie this change including: flexible and robust system design, interventions over the entire urban water cycle; reconsideration of the way water is used (and reused); and greater intervention of natural systems for water and waste water treatment. Clearly changes based around these concepts will substantially contribute to a reduction in the vulnerability of cities and an increase in their capacity and preparedness to cope with global changes. SWITCH is a research project that aims to create this change by developing scientific, technological and socio-economic solutions for the sustainable and effective management of water in the city of the future ¿ 2050.
- Autor
- Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy
- Palabras Clave
- Ciudades, Planificación hidrológica, Desarrollo sostenible, Recursos hídricos
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