City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future

The necessity of Urban Water Cycle Services (UWCS) adapting to future stresses calls for changes that take sustainability into account. Megatrends (e.g. population growth, water scarcity, pollution and climate change) pose urgent water challenges in cities. In a previous paper, a set of indicators,...

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Autor: Van Leeuwen, C. J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Water scarcity
Water management
Climate change
Sustainability
Water footprint
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spelling City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the FutureVan Leeuwen, C. J.Water scarcityWater managementClimate changeSustainabilityWater footprintTRUSTThe necessity of Urban Water Cycle Services (UWCS) adapting to future stresses calls for changes that take sustainability into account. Megatrends (e.g. population growth, water scarcity, pollution and climate change) pose urgent water challenges in cities. In a previous paper, a set of indicators, i.e., the City Blueprint has been developed to assess the sustainability ofUWCS (Van Leeuwen et al.,Wat Resour Manage 26:2177¿2197, 2012). In this paper this approach has been applied in 9 cities and regions in Europe (Amsterdam, Algarve, Athens, Bucharest, Hamburg, Reggio Emilia, Rotterdam, Oslo and Cities of Scotland) and in 2 African cities in Angola (Kilamba Kiaxi) and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam). The assessments showed that cities vary considerably with regard to the sustainability of theUWCS. This is also captured in the Blue City Index (BCI), the arithmetic mean of 24 indicators comprising the City Blueprint (Van Leeuwen et al., Wat Resour Manage 26:2177¿2197, 2012). Theoretically, the BCI has a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 10. The actual BCIs in the 11 cities studied varied from 3.31 (Kilamba Kiaxi) to 7.72 (Hamburg). The BCI was positively correlated with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person, the ambitions of the local authorities regarding the sustainability of the UWCS, the voluntary participation index (VPI) and all governance indicators according to the World Bank. The study demonstrated that the variability in sustainability among the UWCS of cities offers great opportunities for short-term and long-term improvements, provided that cities share their best practices.European Water Resources Association (EWRA)Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20132013-12-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/34584reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengEuropean Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 FP7 265122 Transitions to the Urban Water Services of Tomorrowopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento - No comercial (by-nc) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/345842026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
title City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
spellingShingle City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
Van Leeuwen, C. J.
Water scarcity
Water management
Climate change
Sustainability
Water footprint
TRUST
title_short City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
title_full City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
title_fullStr City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
title_full_unstemmed City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
title_sort City Blueprints: Baseline Assessments of Sustainable Water Management in 11 Cities of the Future
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Van Leeuwen, C. J.
author Van Leeuwen, C. J.
author_facet Van Leeuwen, C. J.
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Water scarcity
Water management
Climate change
Sustainability
Water footprint
TRUST
topic Water scarcity
Water management
Climate change
Sustainability
Water footprint
TRUST
description The necessity of Urban Water Cycle Services (UWCS) adapting to future stresses calls for changes that take sustainability into account. Megatrends (e.g. population growth, water scarcity, pollution and climate change) pose urgent water challenges in cities. In a previous paper, a set of indicators, i.e., the City Blueprint has been developed to assess the sustainability ofUWCS (Van Leeuwen et al.,Wat Resour Manage 26:2177¿2197, 2012). In this paper this approach has been applied in 9 cities and regions in Europe (Amsterdam, Algarve, Athens, Bucharest, Hamburg, Reggio Emilia, Rotterdam, Oslo and Cities of Scotland) and in 2 African cities in Angola (Kilamba Kiaxi) and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam). The assessments showed that cities vary considerably with regard to the sustainability of theUWCS. This is also captured in the Blue City Index (BCI), the arithmetic mean of 24 indicators comprising the City Blueprint (Van Leeuwen et al., Wat Resour Manage 26:2177¿2197, 2012). Theoretically, the BCI has a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 10. The actual BCIs in the 11 cities studied varied from 3.31 (Kilamba Kiaxi) to 7.72 (Hamburg). The BCI was positively correlated with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per person, the ambitions of the local authorities regarding the sustainability of the UWCS, the voluntary participation index (VPI) and all governance indicators according to the World Bank. The study demonstrated that the variability in sustainability among the UWCS of cities offers great opportunities for short-term and long-term improvements, provided that cities share their best practices.
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