Urban water security : managing risks /: managing risks. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Blanca Jiménez and Joan Rose.
• Other Names: Jiménez P., Blanca M; Rose, Joan B; Unesco.; International Hydrological Programme.
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Drinking water : potential health effects caused by wastewater disposal -- 3. Microbial health risks and water quality -- 4. Chemical health risks -- 5. Risk management in the urban water cycle : climate change risks -- 6. Water source and drinking-water risk management -- 7. Wastewater risks in the urban water cycle -- 8. Risks associated with biosolids reuse in agriculture -- 9. 'Closing the Urban Water Cycle' integrated approach towards water reuse in Windhoek, Namibia -- 10. Reducing risk from wastewater use in urban farming : a case study of Accra, Ghana -- 11. Drinking water : potential health effects caused by infiltration of pollutants from solid waste landfills -- 12. Exploding sewers : the industrial use and abuse of municipal sewers, and reducing the risk : the experience of Louisville, Kentucky US -- 13. Lessons learned : a response and recovery framework for post-disaster scenarios -- 14. Managing urban water risks : managing drought and climate change risks in Australia.
• Publisher Details: Leiden, Netherlands : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxix, 308 pages, [5] pages of plates), illustrations, maps, charts
• Subjects: 363.6/1091732; Municipal water supply -- Management -- Case studies; Water quality management -- Case studies; Water resources development -- Case studies; Sewerage -- Case studies; Drinking water -- Contamination -- Case studies; Bacterial pollution of water -- Case studies; Viral pollution of water -- Case studies; Bacterial pollution of water; Drinking water -- Contamination; Municipal water supply -- Management; Sewerage; Viral pollution of water; Water quality management; Water resources development; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780415485678; 0415485673; 0203881621; 9780415485661; 0415485665; 9780203881620
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.