Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities
With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructure....
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| author | Bahri, A. Brikke, F. Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy |
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| description | With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructure. This offers a unique opportunity to implement innovative solutions based on integrated urban water management (IUWM). While IUWM approaches have been widely reported in the literature, their application has been limited. This paper describes the African Water Facility’s experience in applying the approach to three projects, in the Seychelles, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo, which illustrate the types of challenges faced in different institutional frameworks and contexts (such as islands, a small town and a megacity). The paper identifies the critical issues for improving uptake and scaling up, including strong leadership, the commitment of government and the institutions involved, and a formal programme of capacity building and technical assistance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace812192025-03-11T09:50:20Z Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities Bahri, A. Brikke, F. Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy water management urban areas integrated management approaches water supply drinking water sanitation water use water security sustainability water governance infrastructure urbanization population growth climate change institutional development stakeholders project planning case studies With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructure. This offers a unique opportunity to implement innovative solutions based on integrated urban water management (IUWM). While IUWM approaches have been widely reported in the literature, their application has been limited. This paper describes the African Water Facility’s experience in applying the approach to three projects, in the Seychelles, Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo, which illustrate the types of challenges faced in different institutional frameworks and contexts (such as islands, a small town and a megacity). The paper identifies the critical issues for improving uptake and scaling up, including strong leadership, the commitment of government and the institutions involved, and a formal programme of capacity building and technical assistance. 2016-08 2017-05-25T09:29:28Z 2017-05-25T09:29:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/81219 en Open Access Elsevier Bahri, A.; Brikke, F.; Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy. 2016. Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities. Aquatic Procedia, 6:3-14. doi: 10.1016/j.aqpro.2016.06.002 |
| spellingShingle | water management urban areas integrated management approaches water supply drinking water sanitation water use water security sustainability water governance infrastructure urbanization population growth climate change institutional development stakeholders project planning case studies Bahri, A. Brikke, F. Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities |
| title | Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities |
| title_full | Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities |
| title_short | Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities |
| title_sort | managing change to implement integrated urban water management in african cities |
| topic | water management urban areas integrated management approaches water supply drinking water sanitation water use water security sustainability water governance infrastructure urbanization population growth climate change institutional development stakeholders project planning case studies |
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