Cities of the Future:
Issues and Challenges
The combination effects of unabated population growth, rising imcomes, urbanisation and climate change have set the stage for the challenges of the 21st century - providing food, water, energy and living space for rapidly growing planet. Against these increasing requirements for managing water is the reality that new supplies from traditional grown and surface water sources are difficult and in some cases impossible to derive. The emerging Cities of the Future program will have a broad focus that addresses these challenges across the spectrum of lower, middle and high income countries.
Increasing extreme weather events such as storms will stress urban water management systems. Competition for water between agriculture, industry, energy and cities will accordingly increase. Also increasing requirements to reduce pollution together with rising health and environmental standards will necessitate a major shift in strategy.
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