Thirsty cities :urban environments and water supply in Latin America
- 作者: Anton, Danilo J.,
- 出版: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre ©1993.
- 稽核項: 1 online resource (vii, 170 pages) :illustrations, maps.
- 標題: Agua (Recursos Hidricos) , Electronic books. , Water-supply , Water-supply Latin America -- Management. , Latijns-Amerika. , Municipal water supply , Hidrogeologia. , Water quality Latin America. , Water-supply Management. , Recursos Hidricos (Aspectos Economicos) , Water quality. , Municipal water supply Latin America. , Real EstateGeneral. , Watervoorziening. , Municipal water supply. , Management. , Latin America. , Water quality , Stedelijke gebieden. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Real Estate -- General. , BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- ISBN: 1552501086 , 9781552501085
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Many cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing a water crisis as sources become exhausted or degraded. Urbanization, deteriorating infrastructures with a lack of funds for repairs, and inadequate polices are conspiring to cause water shortages. People are becoming concentrated in megacities, such as Mexico City with a population of almost 23 million, that have outgrown their water-supply systems. Urban areas are increasingly incapable of supplying water and sewer systems for their populations. By the year 2020, more than 500 million inhabitants of Latin America (two-thirds of.
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