Integrated Urban Water Management [grd2iu]
| Civil Engineering |
Lectures and individual assigment.
Introduction to concept of integrated, holistic approach in urban water governance, applicable in regular and accidental situations.
Competence of students for multidisciplinary work in complex urban eco-environments, with advanced and specialized knowledge and skills required to solve critical problems in research, innovation and technology transfer into professional practice.
Introduction into the Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM). Feasibility and IUWM compatibility with Millennium Development Goals (MDG) in local urban environments. Management and governance with urban water. Strategic planning and availability of clean, drinking water in urban settlements. Water Supply Systems and Sewer Water Systems Management in regular and accidental situations. Storm Water Systems Management, possible usage of grey water, possible retrofitting. Introduction to different world-wide movements: Ecco-sanitation, Water sensitive cities, Blue-Green dream, Green roofs, etc. Sustainable design and interaction with different urban eco-systems. Data and information management.
Tejada-Guibert, J.A. and C. Maksimovic (2001): Frontiers in Urban Water Management – Deadlock or Hope, edited by C. Maksimovic and J.A. Tejada-Guibert, pp 399-409, IWA Publishing, London, England.
RCUWM (2006): Training of Trainers Manual (ToT) on Integrated Urban Water Management.
Chilton, John (1997): Ground-water in the Urban Environment: problems, Processes and Management. Balkema, Rotterdam;
Karamouz, M., Szidarovszky, F, and Zahraie, B., (2003): Water Resources Systems Analysis, Lewis Publishers, CRC Publishing, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA.
Pimm, S.L., (1991), "The Balance of Nature? Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Communities", Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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