SWITCH in the City: putting urban water management to the test
The SWITCH project was a five year experiment focused on some of the key sustainability challenges in urban water management. In a number of cities around the globe, it set out to test what was needed for a transition to more sustainable urban water management through a combination of demand-led research, demonstration activities, multi-stakeholder learning and training and capacity building.
If it is possible to draw out a consensus from this diversity of people and specialisms, it is that modern cities can be made to work, that stormwater and sanitation issues can be tackled and that water can be a leading asset in creating cities of the future where people want to live.
In this book, you will read about some of the concerns that city planners, water sector specialists and researchers have for the future, but you will read rather more about their hopes. Each city learning alliance developed a vision for the future and those visions were generally optimistic rather than apocalyptic.
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