Michael Webber, Professor Emeritus, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson and Mark Wang, The School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents: 1. Assembling water 2. The people of Shanghai and their use of water 3. The behaviour of the Changjiang 4. Scale and the management of water in China 5. “Let’s build a …” 6. The risks of salt intrusions 7. Trusting the water in the taps 8. Would you ever drink the water 9. Why don’t people drink Shanghai’s tap water? References Index

‘There is a global trend to increasingly urban populations, and with that come the challenges of building and operating the huge reticulation and drainage networks, and the social justice issues that can arise when supply is of poor quality or limited availability, or price limits access to water. Given the importance of such issues, the present volume should make a valuable contribution to the literature on large cities and the diverse challenges that they pose for water supply systems.’

Michael Webber, Professor Emeritus, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson and Mark Wang, The School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents: 1. Assembling water 2. The people of Shanghai and their use of water 3. The behaviour of the Changjiang 4. Scale and the management of water in China 5. “Let’s build a …” 6. The risks of salt intrusions 7. Trusting the water in the taps 8. Would you ever drink the water 9. Why don’t people drink Shanghai’s tap water? References Index

‘There is a global trend to increasingly urban populations, and with that come the challenges of building and operating the huge reticulation and drainage networks, and the social justice issues that can arise when supply is of poor quality or limited availability, or price limits access to water. Given the importance of such issues, the present volume should make a valuable contribution to the literature on large cities and the diverse challenges that they pose for water supply systems.’

Michael Webber, Professor Emeritus, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson and Mark Wang, The School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Contents: 1. Assembling water 2. The people of Shanghai and their use of water 3. The behaviour of the Changjiang 4. Scale and the management of water in China 5. “Let’s build a …” 6. The risks of salt intrusions 7. Trusting the water in the taps 8. Would you ever drink the water 9. Why don’t people drink Shanghai’s tap water? References Index

‘There is a global trend to increasingly urban populations, and with that come the challenges of building and operating the huge reticulation and drainage networks, and the social justice issues that can arise when supply is of poor quality or limited availability, or price limits access to water. Given the importance of such issues, the present volume should make a valuable contribution to the literature on large cities and the diverse challenges that they pose for water supply systems.’