Adaptive Policy Responses in Managing Urban Water Crisis in Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
pp. 311-328
Author(s):  
A. J. M. K. K. Aviruppola ◽  
K. W. G. Rekha Nianthi
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Adaptive Policy

Addressing the Crisis in Urban Water Access

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria A. Beard ◽  
Diana Mitlin
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Informal Settlements ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Accurate Assessment ◽  
Water Access ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Insufficient Attention ◽  
Global Data

This paper highlights challenges of water access in towns and cities of the global South and explores potential policy responses. These challenges are not new, although, we argue that they have been underestimated by policy makers due to a focus on global data, thus, resulting in decision makers paying insufficient attention to these problems. Policies need to be based on a more accurate assessment of challenges, specifically the need for continuous and affordable water service, and the need to provide services to informal settlements. We share findings from research on 15 cities across Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Zimbabwe’s Urban Water Crisis and its Implications for Different Women:

Water is Life ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 347-383
Author(s):  
Anne Hellum ◽  
Ellen Sithole ◽  
Bill Derman ◽  
Lindiwe Mangwanya ◽  
Elizabeth Rutsate
Keyword(s):  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Crisis

The Analysis of Urban Ecological Wetland

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 300-303
Author(s):  
Zhong Zhong Zeng ◽  
Hai Shan Xia
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Wetland Ecology ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Water Crisis ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Foundation ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Green Areas ◽  
Flood Damages

Problems caused by urbanization such as inadequate water content in urban foundation, ecological unbalance in the soil and heat island effect, have become issues that people pay great attention to. Two projects, cited as being successful in integrating urban landscape planning and wetland ecology, are the Water Garden in Portland, USA, and the Living Water Garden in Chengdu, China. Artificial wetland is effective to establish urban ecology. It may not only solve the problem of urban water crisis, but also bring a series of good eco- environmental effects, such as to conserve groundwater, regulate climate, extend green areas, purify air, beautify city and even effectively control flood damages, and etc.

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