| 书目名称 | The Political Economy of Urban Water Security under Climate Change | | 编辑 | Larry Swatuk,Corrine Cash | | 视频video | | | 概述 | provides a comprehensive review of urban water security challenges and opportunities.includes in-depth discussions on best practices for urban sustainability.applies a common framework of analysis acr | | 丛书名称 | International Political Economy Series | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .In 2018, the city of Cape Town faced the prospect of reaching ‘day zero’, that is a combination of natural and human-made factors leading to the complete collapse of its municipal water supply. While the rains eventually fell and a major disaster was averted, the fear of running out of water looms large in the psyche of residents in many cities around the world. Water is a non-substitutable, essential, finite and fugitive resource. It is the lifeblood of human endeavour. Cities, through global processes such as Agenda 2030 and forums such as ICLEI exchange best practices for achieving water security. These forums also are collective social spaces occupied by civil society organizations who share strategies and tactics, and the private sector, who compete for markets and contracts, promoting patent-protected technologies. It is these groups – states, civil societies, private sectors – coming together who determine who gets what water, when, and where. It is the job of academics to understand the how and why, and of (academic-)activists to fight for equity of access and sustainability of use. Evidence drawn from around the world and over time consistently shows that water flows towa | | 出版日期 | Book 2022 | | 关键词 | urban water security; climate change; water scarcity; megacities; integrated resources management; SDG11; | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08108-8 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-08110-1 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-08108-8Series ISSN 2662-2483 Series E-ISSN 2662-2491 | | issn_series | 2662-2483 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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