Water and urban development paradigms : towards an integration of engineering, design and management approaches : proceedings of the International Urban Water Conference, Heverlee, Belgium, 15-19 September, 2008

Innovation in water management for the city of the future 3 K. Vairavamoorthy Part one: Urbanity and hydrology Keynote papers Sustainable urban water management 19 V. Novotny Urban aquatics 33 S. Jumsai Preserving the hydrology of urban Ghana through implementing integrated water resources management 45 S.N. Odai Session papers Water urbanism: Hydrological infrastructure as an urban frame in Vietnam 55 K. Shannon Living with water: The settlements of Vietnam Mekong Delta 67 A.C. Lusterio A study of waterfront development – A case study of the Moganshan District, Shanghai 75 J.Wang Quantifying changes in land use and surface water bodies inWuhan, China 83 N. Du, H. Ottens & R. Sliuzas Design and management of urban artificial watercourses in Taiwan: The cases of Tainan Canal and Liugong Ditch 91 R.J. Chou Incorporating rainwater-harvesting and retention basins design into urban development paradigms in Greater Bandung, Indonesia 99 R.Y. Tallar &A. Satyanaga Urban waterfront development patterns:Water as a structuring element of urbanity 105 B.K. Shrestha & S. Shrestha V Changing water consumption pattern of Beira Lake and its effects to the city image 115 M.R. Gunawardhana, P.E. Gunasekara, H.L.G. Sanjeewani & S. Jayaratne Urban growth, loss of water bodies and flooding in Indian cities: The case of Hyderabad 121 R. Chigurupati How water flows in strategic spatial planning: The strategic role of water in Dutch regional planning projects 127 J.Woltjer Exploring the relationship between water management technology and urban design in the Dutch polder cities 137 F.L. Hooimeijer Ghent:Water as a structuring element of urbanity 143 A. Zajac &Y. Deckmyn Pelagic city: TheWynyard Point Park 151 M.A. Bradbury & B. Hinton Historic water-cycle infrastructure and its influence on urban form in London 157 T.H. Teh Dualism and its effects on urban water infrastructure management: The case of Nairobi city 163 N.J.O. Okello Deterioration of the environment and undefined type of structuring: Eastern Mediterranean coasts of Anatolia-Göksu Delta 169 N. Erkan & C. Hamamcıo˘glu Istanbul: Major transformations as a water city 175 F. Erkök The influence of water in shaping culture and modernisation of the Kathmandu Valley 183 S. Shrestha & B.K. Shrestha Between leisure and productivity: A water management project for the central coast of Chile 189 C. Contreras Design strategies for urban water systems: A case study of São Cristóvão in Rio de Janeiro 197 A. Beja da Costa Water: on the power of forms and devices 207 P. Viganò Part two: Mitigating natural disasters Keynote papers Implications of global warming and urban land use change on flooding in Europe 217 L. Feyen, J.I. Barredo & R. Dankers Mitigating of water related natural disasters in developing countries 227 C.E.M. Tucci Mitigating urban flood disasters in India 237 K. Gupta Session papers Future flood risks and comprehensive flood management 251 M. Huygens, I. Rocabado & G. Roovers VI Urban flood protection chart 257 B. Stalenberg & J.K. Vrijling Real-time control of urban flooding 265 P.Willems, P-K. Chiang, J. Berlamont, T. Barjas Blanco, B. De Moor & K. Cauwenberghs The impact of climate change on the hydrology in highly urbanised Belgian areas 271 O. El Farouk Boukhris, P.Willems &W. Vanneuville 2D modelling of sewer flooding in the urban environment 277 F. Dow & O. Saillofest Intelligent decision support system based geo-information technology and spatial planning for sustainable water management in Flanders, Belgium 283 H.A. Saleh, G. Allaert, R. De Sutter,W. Kellens, Ph. De Maeyer &W. Vanneuville A trans-disciplinary approach to confronting climate trends and extreme weather in urban areas 289 M. Siekmann, P. Staufer, S. Roder, Ch. Hellbach & J. Pinnekamp Disaster mitigation lessons from “build back better” following the 26 December 2004 Tsunamis 297 J. Kennedy, J. Ashmore, E. Babister, I. Kelman & J. Zarins Coastal reformulations and hydrologic management in Sri Lanka after the December 2004 Tsunamis: A landscape urbanism methodology 303 I. Karydi Disaster management in Bangladesh: Experiences from the Tsunami warning in Cox’s Bazar District – September 12, 2007 311 M. Jobair, A. Sutradhar & M.A. Ansary Virtual nature systems for management of urban disasters 317 V.I. Klenov Managing urban water disasters in Gujarat: Risk assessment and risk reduction 323 S. Lodhia Flash floods due to glacier lake outburst floods in the mountainous regions of Nepal: A case study of Kawache Glacier Lake outburst flood 329 P.C. Shakti Selection of flood frequency model in Niger Basin using maximum likelihood method 337 G.A. Bolaji, O.A. Agbede, J.K. Adewumi & J.O. Akinyemi Part three: Urban water management Keynote papers Estimation of urban design storms in consideration of GCM-based climate change scenarios 347 V-T-V. Nguyen, N. Desramaut &T-D Nguyen Slum networking – A paradigm shift to transcend poverty with water, environmental sanitation and hidden resources 357 H. Parikh & P. Parikh The Dutch Delta: Looking for a new fusion of urbanism and hydraulic engineering 371 H. Meyer Risks and integrated management of the urban water cycle in megacities of the developing world: Mexico City 387 B. Jiménez VII Session papers Real-time Decision Support System for sewer systems based on hydro-dynamic models and precipitation radar 399 P.J. van Overloop & K. Nava Improving hydrological model parameterisation in urbanised catchments: Remote sensing derived impervious surface cover maps 405 J. Dams, O. Batelaan, J. Nossent & J. Chormanski Optimal operation of urban water supply systems: A multi-objective approach using the PROMETHEE method 411 P.N. Kodikara, B.J.C Perera & M.D.U.P. Kularathna The cause and implications of urban river pollution: Mitigative measures and benthic macroinvertebrates as river monitoring tool 419 D.N. Shah, R.D. Tachamo, S. Sharma & O. Moog Ypacarai watershed management planning in Asuncion Metropolitan Region 425 K.P. Stanley Variability of urban water supply and demand 431 E. Chigumira & N. Mujere Quenching Chennai’s insatiable thirst: A study of the city’s water demands and solutions 435 S. Jency Sustainable development and wastewater in peri-urban wetlands: A case study on East KolkataWetland 441 D. Dey Assessment of groundwater artificial recharge from water storage structures in a rural region of west Iran 447 A. Taheri Tizro, K. Akbari & K. Voudouris Hydrological changes in the mediterranean zone: Impacts of environmental modifications and rural development in the Merguellil catchment 453 B. Chulli, G. Favreau & N. Jebnoun Vulnerability mapping in South African karst terrains 459 R.C. Leyland & K.T.Witthüser The spatial organisation of decentralised wastewater and stormwater management in urban landscape areas 467 G. Beneke Investigating the relation of a sustainable vernacular technique to settlement pattern 473 A. Suseelan Single family wastewater treatment systems: A guide to select the most suited system 479 N. Moelants, I.Y. Smets & J.F. Van Impe Potential of roof rainwater harvesting for water supply in Jordan 485 F.A. Abdulla &A.W. Al-Shareef Potential of roof-top rainwater harvesting techniques in urban areas: A case study from India 491 S.K. Sharma Determining factors influencing sewer structural deterioration: Leuven (Belgium) case study 495 E.V. Ana Jr.,W. Bauwens, C. Thoeye, M. Pessemier, S. Smolders, I. Boonen & G. De Gueldre Pollution prevention in Philadelphia: Dealing with illicit/defective laterals 503 A. Holst VIII Urban water management at UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme 509 J. Alberto Tejada-Guibert New directions in urban water management 513 S. Zandaryaa & J. Alberto Tejada-Guibert Part four: Rethinking water governance Keynote papers Rethinking water governance 523 C. Tortajada Development and regulatory challenges in water services to the urban poor: Examples from Uganda and Tanzania 535 S. Mugisha Rethinking water governance: Towards a new multidimensional approach for mega-cities in developing countries 543 M.F.A. Porto Session papers Building more effective partnerships for innovation in urban water management 557 J.A. Butterworth, C. Batchelor, P. Moriarty, T. Schouten, C. Da Silva, J. Verhagen, P.J. Bury, A. Sutherland, N. Manning, B. Darteh, M. Dziegielewska-Geitz & J. Eckart Can water governance operate in an institutional vacuum? 567 L. Suleiman Bridging science and policy for effective implementation of EU groundwater legislation 575 Ph. Quevauviller Evaluating the need, benefits and challenges of implementing shared water governance in an urban context: Comparing Calgary, Canada and Mexico City, Mexico 579 A. Mendoza, I. Platonova & M.S. Quinn Cap-Haïtien: If ever there was an urban water challenge . . . 585 D.V. Tassel, H. Verschure & S. Lambrecht Use of the STELLA model for evaluating prospective urban water-use scenarios in baja, California, Mexico 597 J.A. Román C., A. Pérez M., F. Escobosa G. & B. De León M. Assessing the value of water in urban slums: A hedonic price analysis for four cities, Chile 603 E. Espinoza, J. Balaguer & S. Camilla Pricing water and sewerage services in Metro Manila with the contingent valuation method 609 M.R. Campos Inequality and access to water in the city of Cochabamba 613 C. Ledo García Privatisation and universal access to water: Examining the recent phase of water governance in Nigeria 619 E. Okpanachi Learning from non-governmental organizations (NGOs): Community participation in water facilities provision in the Ho District of Ghana 627 F.S. Gbedemah IX Ensuring access to urban water for slum dwellers: An institutional synthesis of low income cities in Bangladesh 633 M.S.H. Swapan & S. Ahmed A Review of a water supply system in Dhaka city 641 M.S. Rahman Inter-basin transfer of Nepal’s water resources for sustainable benefits 647 B. Adhikari, R. Verhoeven & P. Troch Virtual water trade as a solution for water scarcity in Egypt 655 A.A. El-Sadek Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) in Turkey: An integrated water resources-based project 663 B. Acma Real estate investment in high-risk coastal zones 669 C.G. Leal Impacts of trans-border water woes in South Asian riparian countries – assessment and analysis 675 A. Chatterjee Water governance, CPR’s and public participation – Challenges to water policies in Portugal 681 J. Pato The Latin American water tribunal and the need for public spaces for social participation in water governance 687 C. Maganda