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Water and Urban Initiative
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- Expected start date:
- 2014•08•01
- Expected end date:
- 2018•03•31
- Institute:
- UNU-IAS
- Project Status:
- Ongoing
- Project Type:
- Research
- Project Manager :
- Junko Nishikawa
The Water and Urban Initiative is a research project at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS). As an integral part of UNU-IAS work on transformations towards sustainable societies, WUI aims to contribute to sustainable urban development by creating scientific tools to forecast the future state of urban water environments. The project also seeks to contribute to capacity development aimed at improving urban water environments in developing countries in Asia by focusing on population growth, urbanization and low-carbon measures.
The primary goal of this initiative is to develop and use scientific research to assess the value of sustainable water environments in urban areas, especially in Asia. Simulation models are being developed to project various elements of future urban water environments (e.g., water quality, urban flooding), and to estimate the benefits of improving them. The research findings generated through the interdisciplinary approach of WUI fill an important gap in global understanding of urban water environments and contribute to improved policymaking in this key area.
For more information, please visit http://www.water-urban.org/
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Junko Nishikawa Project Director for WUI / Programme Coordinator for GSD
Project Manager -
Binaya Mishra Research Fellow
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Mohamed Kefi JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow
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Pankaj Kumar UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellow
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Yoshifumi Masago Research Fellow
Researcher
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Water and Urban Initiative Working Paper Series
- Polprasert, Chongrak, Pussayanavin, Tatchai and Kottatep, Thammarat (2015). Urban development and water sustainability. Water and Urban Initiative Working Paper Series Number 1. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
- Raflores, Lilia SD and Regmi, Ram K. (2015). Understanding the water and urban environment of a megacity: the case of Metro Manila, Philippines. Water and Urban Initiative Working Paper Series Number 2. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
- Shrestha, Niranjan, Lamsal, Alaka, Regmi, Ram K. and Mishra, Binaya K. (2015). Current status of water environment in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Water and Urban Initiative Working Paper Series Number 3. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
- Apip, Sagala, Saut A.H. and Luo, Pingping (2015). Overview of Jakarta Water-Related Environmental Challenges. Water and Urban Initiative Working Paper Series Number 4. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
- Phan, Thi Thuy Hoan, Ngo, Thi Van Anh, Cao, Hoang Hai, Le, Ngoc Cau, Ha, Thi Lien and Le, Cong Binh (2015). The current status and solutions for urban water environment in Hanoi City. Water and Urban Initiative Working Paper Series Number 5. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.
Conference Posters and Presentations
- A Preliminary Trend Analysis of DO and BOD Records in Kathmandu, Nepal: Towards Improving Urban Water Environment in Developing Asian Cities at the 11th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE11) in Bangkok, Thailand (26–28 November 2014)
- A Preliminary Trend Analysis of DO and BOD Records in Kathmandu, Nepal: Towards Improving Urban Water Environment in Developing Asian Countries, proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Southeast Asian Water Environment (SEAWE11)
