World Water Forum
European Regional Process
Meetings and Events in the European Regional Process:
Sessions in Korea:
- European Concluding Session
- Water Efficiency - Interregional session with Asia-Pacific
- Integrated Urban Water Management - Interregional Session with Arab and Asia-Pacific
- Science and Technology - Joint Interregional Session with the Mediterranean Region
Presentations are available here:
- Session Introduction - Bjørn K. Jensen
- Improving water management in small settlements - Richard Muller
- Reporting of session 2.3 Living with water in cities of the future - Miriam Feilberg
- What governance for future cities? - Aziza Akhmouch
- Living with Water in Cities - Miriam Feilberg
- Outcomes European Process - Miriam Feilberg
- European Policies, legislation and experiences on implementation related to urban water management - Marta Moren-Abat
- Rotterdam: Climate Resilient Delta City - Pex Langenberg
- From Resource Management to Urban Water Management in Istanbul - Burcu Vazici/Suen
- Innovative waste water management? - Denis Penouel
- Integrated modellngand control in real-time control and warning for urban areas –a case study from Aarhus, Denmark - Michael Butts
- Integrated Urban Water Management: Scaling Up the Efforts - Diego Rodriguez
- Water Security through Integrated Planning - Corinne Trommsdorf
Integrated Urban Water Management - Living with water in cities of tomorrow - Challenges and ways forward towards implementation of solutions based on cases from Europe, Asia-Pacific, Americas and Arab countries
By 2050, more than 70% of the world’s population will be living in cities. In Europe, this process stagnated in the 1950’ies, but in many other parts of the world this development is continuing fast with more and more people seeking towards cities for better opportunities. This development may well be irreversible and cities are giving many people better options for employment, education and growth.
However, there are many challenges related to this process. They have
been discussed over the world in the preparations for World Water Forum
and we have identified challenges related to urban water governance,
integrated management of the cities’ water resources, climate change
adaptation, finding ways to live with the water and use water in the
urban landscape, infrastructure development for new cities and upgrading
for old cities, capacity development and stakeholder integration.
The purpose of this session was to discuss
global challenges, share lessons on solutions and find ways to improve
global cooperation on integrated urban water management