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Reflections on African Cities in TransitionUrbanisation and Future Smart Cities: Challenges of Water and Sanitation Services

Reflections on African Cities in Transition: Urbanisation and Future Smart Cities: Challenges of... [In an increasingly urbanised world, substantial transformations in population distribution seem inevitable, although perhaps not as rapid as often predicted. At the city level, local governments play perhaps the most important role in ensuring that urbanisation is inclusive and that its benefits are shared. Yet, a very large proportion of the population of many cities in Africa lacks access to adequate water and sanitation services. This increases their vulnerability to hazards, both environmental and socioeconomic. Integrating broader water resources management, the design of water infrastructures and the operation of water services into urban planning is becoming increasingly important and highlights the imperative of addressing the key urban-rural water linkages. Making the best use of innovative technical and non-technical solutions (including new technologies and techniques, business models, stakeholder engagement, green infrastructure, regulatory arrangements) to respond to the above challenges at least cost is key to ensuring adequate levels of water security and water services.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Reflections on African Cities in TransitionUrbanisation and Future Smart Cities: Challenges of Water and Sanitation Services

Part of the Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development Book Series
Editors: Reddy, Purshottama Sivanarain; Wissink, Henry
Nzimakwe, Thokozani Ian
Reflections on African Cities in Transition — Sep 16, 2020
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
ISBN
978-3-030-46114-0
Pages
231 –246
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-46115-7_11
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Abstract

[In an increasingly urbanised world, substantial transformations in population distribution seem inevitable, although perhaps not as rapid as often predicted. At the city level, local governments play perhaps the most important role in ensuring that urbanisation is inclusive and that its benefits are shared. Yet, a very large proportion of the population of many cities in Africa lacks access to adequate water and sanitation services. This increases their vulnerability to hazards, both environmental and socioeconomic. Integrating broader water resources management, the design of water infrastructures and the operation of water services into urban planning is becoming increasingly important and highlights the imperative of addressing the key urban-rural water linkages. Making the best use of innovative technical and non-technical solutions (including new technologies and techniques, business models, stakeholder engagement, green infrastructure, regulatory arrangements) to respond to the above challenges at least cost is key to ensuring adequate levels of water security and water services.]

Published: Sep 16, 2020

Keywords: Urbanisation; Water; Sanitation; Smart cities; Future cities; Municipalities; Government

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