This book presents water insecurity issues in urban areas while developing a water security index and explores the innovative approaches to water development and management with examples from Asian cities. The urban water crisis is a global phenomenon, but it is more obvious in the megacities of the developing world. Urban drought, although not a familiar term, will pose a significant threat to humankind in the near future, especially in the context of increasing population in cities. Many cities are already unable to provide safe, clean water for their citizens. Some of the world's largest cities depend heavily on groundwater for their water supply. It is unlikely that dependence on aquifers, which take many years to recharge, will be sustainable. As urban populations grow, water use will need to shift from agriculture to municipal and industrial uses, making decisions about allocating between different sectors difficult. Inefficient water-use practices by households and industries, fragmented management of water between sectors and institutions, climate-induced water shortages, environmental degradation of water sources, and inadequate use of alternate sources are also issues of major concern. Despite recent advances in the literature, there exists a considerable gap in attempting an integrated water-resource management approach. Covering all aspects of urban drought and water insecurity, this book is a valuable resource for students, researchers, academics, policy makers, and development practitioners.

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Dr. Bhaswati Ray is a faculty member at Sivanath Sastri College (affiliated with the University of Calcutta), Kolkata, India. She is also a guest faculty member in the Post-Graduate Department of Geography, Vivekananda College for Women, Kolkata. An ardent researcher with immense field experience, her research area encompasses environmental issues and resource management, risk and vulnerability assessment, hazard perception, disaster preparedness, and resilience building. Her papers at national and international conferences have been on diverse topics including environmental hazard perception and risk management, resource management, and sustainable practices for enhanced resilience. She is the sole author of a reference book, with more than 10 publications including academic papers and book chapters to her credit. The hazards of water contamination and water scarcity implications, policy adaptations, governance issues, and sustainable adaptations for water management in both rural and urban areas have been her major contributions.

Rajib Shaw is a professor of Keio University in its Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC) in Japan. Earlier, he was the Executive Director of IRDR (Integrated Research on Disaster Risk)-a decade-long research program co-sponsored by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR).He is the Chair of the UN ISDR's Science Technology Advisory Group(STAG) at the global level, as well as the Co-chair of UN ISDR's Asia Science Technology Academic Advisory Group (ASTAAG). In IRDR, he currently, serves as the Science Committee member. He is also the Senior Fellow of Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Japan, and the Chairperson of SEEDS Asia, a Japanese NGO. Previously, he was a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. His expertise includes community-based disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, urban risk management, and disaster and environmental education. He has published more than 40 books and over 300 academic papers and book chapters.

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Chapter 1. Defining Urban Water Insecurity: Concepts and Relevance

 Bhaswati Ray and Rajib Shaw  

Chapter 2.  Water Insecurity in Asian Cities

Bhaswati Ray and Rajib Shaw

Chapter 3. Climate Change: Implication on Urban Drought

Bhaswati Ray and Rajib Shaw

Chapter 4. Developing Water Security Index for Urban Areas 

Bhaswati Ray and Rajib Shaw

Chapter 5. Water Energy Food Nexus: A Provision to Tackle Urban Drought  Bijon Kumer Mitra, Rajib Shaw, Wanglin Yan and Tomoko Minowa  

Chapter 6. Coping with Scarcity and Urban Water Governance: Case of Udon Thani's City Region

Wijitbusaba (Ann) Marome

  Chapter 7. Bridging the Distances between Far Water and Near Water: Case of Yanagawa City from Japan

Shimpei Iwasaki

Chapter 8. Resilience to Water Related Disaster: Risks, Vulnerabilities and Coping Strategies in Dhaka

 Md. Anwarul Abedin and Mohammad Golam Kibria  

Chapter 9. Resilience Perspective for Planning Urban Water Infrastructure: A Case of Nagpur City

Sameer Deshkar   

Chapter 10. Urban Droughts in India: Case study of Delhi Shyamli Singh and Vinod K. Sharma

Chapter 11. Future Urban Crisis in Mountain Regions: Example of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Basanta Raj Adhikari, Suresh Das Shrestha and Narendra Man Shakya

  Chapter 12.  Drought and Urbanization: The Case of the Philippines  

Emma Porio, Jessica Dator-Bercilla, Gemma Narisma, Faye Cruz, Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga  

Chapter 13. Coping with urban water insecurity in the colonial city of Kolkata and implications on Sustainable Development Goals Bhaswati Ray and Rajib Shaw

Chapter 14. Urban Drought Management through Water Conservation: Issues, Challenges and Solutions

Kapil Gupta and Vinay Nikam

Chapter 15. Urban Water and Health Issues in Hong Kong

Emily Ying Yang Chan and Janice Ying-en Ho

  Chapter 16. Urban Water Issues in the Megacity of Tehran

Ali Ardalan, Mona Khaleghy Rad andMahdi Hadi

Chapter 17. Soil Sealing and Depleting Groundwater in Rapidly Growing Peshawar City District, Pakistan

Atta-ur-Rahman, Attaullah Khan, Noorul Haq, Samiullah and Rajib Shaw  

Chapter 18. Adaptive Policy Responses in Managing Urban Water Crisis in Sri Lanka

A.J.M.K.K. Aviruppola and K.W.G. Rekha Nianthi

Chapter 19: Preparing for the Future: Challenges in Water Management in Colombo, Sri Lanka  Deepthi Wickramasinghe

Chapter 20. Water challenges in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

 Serjmyadag Dalai, Ouynbaatar Dambaravjaa and Gomboluudev Purevjav

Chapter 21: Water Scarcity in Himalayan Hill Town: A Study of Darjeeling Municipality, India

Tarun Kumar Mondal and Paramita Roychowdhury

  Chapter 22: Urban Water Governance: Pricing of Water for the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka Metropolis

Mahfuzul Haque

Chapter 23: Urban Water Management Issues and Challenges of Post The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Recovery: Lessons Learned from Banda Aceh City, Indonesia

Alfi Rahman, Shimpei Iwasaki, Stephen Anthony Sutton, Aiko Sakurai and Parmakope  

Chapter 24: Implications of Water Insecurity and Future Prospects in Asian Cities

Bhaswati Ray and Rajib Shaw