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… Protection, restoration and sustainable use of urban water bodies in India BEARING IN MIND that water is essential for life and that in an urban setting the role of water bodies becomes crucial for … to provide water for millions of people, for supporting ecosystem services and providing habitat to birds, including …

… change, securing biodiversity and the delivery of critical ecosystem services is underappreciated. Land is of … have abandoned their ancestral lands and migrated to urban areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, … have abandoned their ancestral lands and migrated to urban areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, …

… water resource management (IWRM) incorporating an ecosystem approach is a key building block for achieving the … 4. Conserve water through rational urban development … This problem is becoming more serious, particularly in urban areas, where the world’s growing population is …

… Biodiversity 88 Coastal and Marine Areas 89 Freshwater 90 Urban Areas 91 Global Environmental Issues 92 Acronyms and … Prospects, published in 2004, reveals an increasingly urban future. By 2007, for the first time in human history, … is considered the first ever attempt to pursue integrated ecosystem management across political jurisdictions. In New …

… depends on sustainable groundwa- ter management. Ecosystem conservation also helps to sustain groundwater … over-pumping and continuous long-term contamination by urban effluents and agricultural practices in the Gaza Strip … to the natural groundwater system under a large urban area is illustrated in Figure 2.8. Different ground- …

… fishing is an important source of income. Consequently, ecosystem services are especially important assets for … Cross-Sectoral Collaboration4 The Tacaná Watersheds But ecosystem fragmentation, hydrological risk and water … financed through an adjustment in water rates charged in urban areas, with the support of the municipal utilities. In …

… through the water cycle . . . . . . . . 3 1.2.2 Ecosystem services and human well-being . . . . . . . . . . . … forest, dryland, island, mountain, polar, cultivated, and urban. Inland waters include permanent water bodies inland … more than 41 percent of the earth’s land surface. Urban systems, because of their restricted extent (one …

… a range of use types, e.g. agriculture, industry, energy, urban/municipal. Companies may be motivated to engage in … water strategies has talked of a ‘rapidly evolving ‘ecosystem’ of water investors, entrepreneurs, NGOs, private … a characterisation (i) ‘sole traders’: individuals in (a) urban or (b) rural contexts who conduct all sorts of trades, …

… and knowledge on how a river, wetland or coastal ecosystem will evolve under various flow conditions. Carry … industrial and agricultural development, cost of water to urban areas and so on; and (b) a public participation … groundwater • Improve water treatment • Control/reduce urban, agricultural and industrial pollutants entering the …

… 7. Controlling groundwater exploitation to ensure their ecosystem support function … wastewater treatment plants, and from agricultural and urban non-point source run-off remains a major global … and phosphorus Run-off from agricultural lands and urban areas, industrial discharge Over-stimulates growth of …