Helm, Nynke van der (2021) COMPARING CLIMATE STRATEGIES ON WATER MANAGEMENT. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Cities are growing at a rapid rate and climate change is affecting them, which makes that they are facing major water management challenges. Therefore, the following question is asked in this paper: “How does sustainable water management relate to the development of urban strategies, what are the difference and similarities in this for Cape Town, Los Angeles, Barcelona, and Sydney with regards to their climate strategies and what can they learn from each other?“ In water management the main focus is on adaptation and the environmental aspect of sustainability. Therefore, these indicators will be studied, together with the issues that the cities focus on. The cities are compared by looking at their climate strategies. All of the compared cities have a main focus on adaptation and that public participation is equally mentioned, but there is a difference in the policies on mitigation. Sydney and Los Angeles can implement carbon sinks as mitigation policy. Environmental sustainability is the most focused on and most cities also have a large focus on the economic aspect of sustainability. The focus on social sustainability should grow in all the cities to make sure that everyone has equal water challenges. Los Angeles and Sydney should improve the most by looking more at the water quality. All cities have a main focus on the issue of droughts, but it is important for the cities to combine it with floods. Cape Town also needs to start to look at their coastal plan with urgency. Overall, there is a good basis in sustainable urban water management to be found, yet the cities can still learn from each other and there should be more focus on mitigation, social sustainability, and coastal issues.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Woltjer, J. |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2021 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2021 08:30 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3531 |
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