Managing Urban Rivers

From Planning to Practice

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Victor R. Shinde, Rajiv Ranjan Mishra, Uday Bhonde, Hitesh Vaidya, India) Shinde, Victor R. (Sector Coordinator for Water and Environment, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India) Mishra, Rajiv Ranjan (Director General, Organization: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under Ministry of JalShakti, India) Bhonde, Uday (Project Coordinator for Water and Environment, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, India) Vaidya, Hitesh (Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

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Managing Urban Rivers: From Planning to Practice captures the different facets of river management required for integrating rivers within the development landscape of cities in a sustainable manner. Sections cover the entire spectrum of urban river management, from planning to actual on-the-ground implementation, providing a one-stop destination for knowledge on urban river management. Edited by a team of four experts with practical experience in this domain, the different chapters of the book are authored by eminent scholars and practitioners with expertise in specific areas of urban river management.

Urban rivers and their management is a hot topic as governments across the world are focusing on this aspect, especially since it has direct implications for SDG target 6.6, which aims to "protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes�.

Presents practical, global case studies in almost every chapter
Provides recommendations for best practices, based on lessons from different successful case studies, as well as the expert insights of the authors
Features contributions from global experts for a unique and specialized approach to the topic of urban rivers

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-09-27
Mått216 x 276 x 21 mm
Vikt1 150 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor376
FörlagElsevier Science
ISBN9780323857031

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Victor R. Shinde has more than 17 years of experience as a scientist and technical expert (water and environment) in nine countries in Asia and Africa. His areas of expertise include urban river management, integrated water resources management, and water security enhancement. He has led the development of several national-level tools, framework,guidelines, and advisories for managing urban rivers. Rajiv Ranjan Mishra is a former Director General of the National Mission for Clean Ganga—an ambitious flagship by the Indian government with projects worth USD 3.73 billion. In that position, he drove the strategy and agenda for the mission in the most populous basin in the world for effective abatement of pollution, conservation, and rejuvenation of the River Ganges and its tributaries. Uday Bhonde has more than 18 years of research and practical experience in urban lake management, water resilient cities, innovations in urban water and sanitation and hygiene, and urban flood resilience. He has developed several capacity building programs on sustainable urban water and sanitation management for the Ministry of Urban Development (India)and other international organizations. Hitesh Vaidya has more than 20 years of experience in the field of urban management, urban governance, and capacity building. He has been associated in the areas of urban development, urban governance, and urban infrastructure management with the UN, World Bank, and US Agency for International Development assignments. Formerly, he was the Country Representative of UN-Habitat in India.

Cities and rivers: a symbiotic relationshipUrban river management:scope and spectrumMainstreaming ‘River-Thinking’into a city’s long-term visionMainstreaming river thinking into urban planningUnderstanding riverfront developments: through time, function, and drivers for transformationUrban wetlands and water bodiesEnhancing and conserving urban biodiversityUrban river pollution controlEnriching and maintaining the riparian buffer zoneAddressing urban extensions on floodplainsEconomics of sustainable urban river managementStudents breaking barriers: workshops as brokers in riverfront collaboration and designNine steps towards rehabilitation and restoration of degraded urban riversUrban river governanceUrban river health assessment and managementCitizen participation in urban river managementUrban river management by innovative monitoringFuture considerations for managing urban rivers