Description
Book SynopsisAquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water management itself, however, tends to alter and reduce their biodiversity and therewith diminish their ability to provide clean water, protect us from waterborne diseases and pollutants, keep urban areas safe from flooding, and support recreational ecosystem services and even the aesthetic enjoyment of our world.
Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management â the result of collaboration between UNESCOâs International Hydrological Programme and its Man and the Biosphere Programme â aims at improving our understanding of aquatic habitats, related ecosystem goods and services, and conservation and sustainable use â with a special focus on their integration into urban water management. The first part of this volume reviews basic concepts and challenges in urban aquatic habitats, as well as strategies
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acronyms
Glossary
1. Introduction to urban aquatic habitat management
2. Urban aquatic habitats: Characteristics and functioning
3. Strategies, policies and regulations integrating protection and
rehabilitation of aquatic habitats in urban water management
4. Ecosensitive approaches to managing urban aquatic habitats and their integration with urban infrastructure
5. Aquatic habitat rehabilitation: Goals, constraints and techniques
6. Ecohydrology of urban aquatic ecosystems for healthy cities
7 Integrating aquatic habitat management into urban planning
8. Human health and safety related to urban aquatic habitats
9. Integrated management of urban aquatic habitats to enhance
quality of life and environment in cities: Selected case studies
Index
