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Assessment of water shortage in urban areas
Gabriele FreniG. La LoggiaCristiana Bragallisubject
EstimationEcosystem healthgeographyeducation.field_of_studygeography.geographical_feature_categorybusiness.industryPopulationEnvironmental resource managementVulnerabilityUrban areas risk assessment mitigation measuresUrban areaWater scarcitySustainabilityEnvironmental scienceeducationbusinessRisk assessmentEnvironmental planningdescription
Recent history has demonstrated that extreme hydrological events such as floods and droughts can create additional stress on water supplies essential for human and ecosystem health. As stated several times by European Environmental Agency, the prudent and efficient use of water is thus an important issue in Europe and a number of policies and mechanisms have been used or have been formulated to ensure sustainable use of water in the long term. Urban uses are responsible of almost the 17% of the total European fresh water consumption and they are rapidly growing depending on the extension of urban areas and concentration of population in cities. The present chapter will discuss the phases in the development of a drought management plan starting from the estimation of water supplies and demands, the evaluation of drought risk and urban area vulnerability and, finally, planning procedures and possible mitigation measures
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-30 |