Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City

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dc.contributor.advisorArmitage, Neil Pen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDe Carvalho, Sheillaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T14:45:42Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T14:45:42Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe critical situation in the water sector continues to jeopardize developmental principles and undermine strategies for poverty eradication. On the assumption that the failure in service provision can be largely attributed to an inability to holistically address all aspects of urban water management, a systems approach was used to develop a relevant and robust sustainability index which assesses the capacity of a city or a portion thereof to be sustainable. This thesis details the process of developing the Sustainability Index (SI) for a multidimensional assessment of urban water systems. In this research, an analysis of the current problems facing developing cities, particularly in Sub-Saharan countries, was undertaken. This was done so as to provide some insight into the current developmental issues hindering sustainable development. An examination of the urban water cycle was also carried out to illustrate the links within the cycle and between the various water uses and services. A process model was developed which addresses the multi-dimensionality of sustainability and the dynamism of urban water systems. This model combines aspects of the iterative procedure for assessing environmental sustainability introduced by Lundin et al. (2002) with the step-wise process proposed by Nardo et al. (2005).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDe Carvalho, S. (2007). <i>Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Urban Water Management. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDe Carvalho, Sheilla. <i>"Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Urban Water Management, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDe Carvalho, S. 2007. Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - De Carvalho, Sheilla AB - The critical situation in the water sector continues to jeopardize developmental principles and undermine strategies for poverty eradication. On the assumption that the failure in service provision can be largely attributed to an inability to holistically address all aspects of urban water management, a systems approach was used to develop a relevant and robust sustainability index which assesses the capacity of a city or a portion thereof to be sustainable. This thesis details the process of developing the Sustainability Index (SI) for a multidimensional assessment of urban water systems. In this research, an analysis of the current problems facing developing cities, particularly in Sub-Saharan countries, was undertaken. This was done so as to provide some insight into the current developmental issues hindering sustainable development. An examination of the urban water cycle was also carried out to illustrate the links within the cycle and between the various water uses and services. A process model was developed which addresses the multi-dimensionality of sustainability and the dynamism of urban water systems. This model combines aspects of the iterative procedure for assessing environmental sustainability introduced by Lundin et al. (2002) with the step-wise process proposed by Nardo et al. (2005). DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City TI - Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDe Carvalho S. Sustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo City. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Urban Water Management, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18413en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentUrban Water Managementen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherUrban Water Managementen_ZA
dc.titleSustainability index for integrated urban water management (IUWM) in southern African cities : case study applications : Greater Hermanus region and Maputo Cityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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