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The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Challenges and Opportunities for Peri-urban Futures
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    Chapter 2 Integrated Water Cycle Modelling of the Urban/Peri-urban Continuum
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    Chapter 3 Geo-Social Aspects of Developments in Peri-urban Regions
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    Chapter 4 Urbanisation of Peri-urban Regions: Is It a Boon or Threat to the Liveability of Future Cities in India?
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    Chapter 5 The Expanding Urban Fringe: Impacts on Peri-urban Areas, Melbourne, Australia
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    Chapter 6 Challenges in the Urban and Peri-urban Transition Zones and Strategies for Sustainable Cities: Experiences from Selected Cities
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    Chapter 7 Managing Threats and Opportunities of Urbanisation for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Tamale, Ghana
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    Chapter 8 Urbanisation and Its Effects on Water, Food Security and Energy Needs in Iran: A Case Study of City of Shiraz
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    Chapter 9 Thirsty Cities: The Urban Water Footprint and the Peri-urban Interface, a Four City Case Study from West Africa
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    Chapter 10 Securing Water Supply in Western Sydney: An Analysis of Water Use, Demand and Availability in the South Creek Catchment
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    Chapter 11 Stormwater Reuse for Sustainable Cities: The South Australian Experience
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    Chapter 12 Improving the Liveability of Cities: The Role of Solar Energy in Urban and Peri-urban Areas
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    Chapter 13 Renewable Energy Policies to Shrink the Carbon Footprint in Cities: Developing CSR Programmes
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    Chapter 14 Perspectives on Urban Sanitation, Liveability and Peri-urban Futures of Indian Cities
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    Chapter 15 Decentralised Wastewater Management for Improving Sanitation in Peri-urban India
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    Chapter 16 Wastewater Treatment Capacity, Food Production and Health Risk in Peri-urban Areas: A Comparison of Three Cities
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    Chapter 17 Urban Agriculture: A Response to the Food Supply Crisis in Kampala City, Uganda
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    Chapter 18 Feeding Sydney: Assessing the Importance of the City’s Peri-urban Farms
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    Chapter 19 Who Feeds the Cities? A Comparison of Urban, Peri-urban and Rural Food Flows in Ghana
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    Chapter 20 Why and How to Sustain Agriculture Around Our Cities: A Case Study of Sydney, Australia
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    Chapter 21 Protected Horticulture in Peri-urban Areas: An Alternative for Meeting Future Challenges of Malnutrition and Livelihood Security
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    Chapter 22 Constraints and Opportunities of Urban and Peri-urban Dairy Production in Central Tigray of Northern Ethiopia
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    Chapter 23 Challenges and Opportunities for Recycling Excreta for Peri-urban Agriculture in Urbanising Countries
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    Chapter 24 Nutrient Recycling from Organic Wastes Through Viable Business Models in Peri-urban Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa
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    Chapter 25 Implications of Labour Migration and Land Use Changes on Food Production in the Peri-urban Area of Rajsamand District of Rajasthan, India: A Case Study
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    Chapter 26 Knowledge Assessment on Climate Change and Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Dakar, Senegal
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    Chapter 27 Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Decentralised Water Supply Strategies in Peri-urban Areas of Sydney
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    Chapter 28 Opportunities and Challenges of Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture to Face Climate Change: A Critical Analysis of Policy and Urban Governance of Dhaka City
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    Chapter 29 System Harmonisation of Land and Water Resources in Peri-urban Regions: Lessons from Western Sydney, Australia
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    Chapter 30 Maintaining Landscape Functionality Under Land Use Change
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    Chapter 31 Importance of Urban Biodiversity: A Case Study of Udaipur, India
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    Chapter 32 Perspective on Water and Biodiversity Issues in Peri-urban Landscapes: A Case Study of Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India
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    Chapter 33 Developing Law and Governance Strategies for Peri-urban Sustainability
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    Chapter 34 Adaptive Governance for Extreme Events in Peri-urban Areas: A Case Study of the Greater Western Sydney
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    Chapter 35 Valuing the Water Used in Peri-urban Regions of Hyderabad, India and in Western Sydney, Australia
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    Chapter 36 Securing Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities: An Epilogue
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Title
The Security of Water, Food, Energy and Liveability of Cities
Published by
Springer Netherlands, January 2014
DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8878-6
ISBNs
978-9-40-178877-9, 978-9-40-178878-6
Authors

Maheshwari, Basant L, Purohit, Ramesh, Malano, Hector, Singh, Vijay P, Amerasinghe, Priyanie

Editors

Maheshwari, Basant, Amerasinghe, Priyanie, Singh, Vijay P., Malano, Hector, Purohit, Ramesh

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Switzerland 2 1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Ghana 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Unknown 147 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 33 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 16%
Researcher 14 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Student > Bachelor 9 6%
Other 30 19%
Unknown 33 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 29 19%
Engineering 17 11%
Social Sciences 16 10%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 8%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 8 5%
Other 27 18%
Unknown 45 29%