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Ecosystem Services for Urban Water Security

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This chapter sets the context of the book by providing a brief account of the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on the urban water sector. Watershed investments are here emphasized as a promising opportunity to effect large-scale transformative change promoting human wellbeing while conserving life-supporting ecosystems. The chapter concludes by illustrating the three specific objectives of the book.

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  1. Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Trento, Italy

    Blal Adem Esmail & Davide Geneletti

  2. Division of Urban and Regional Studies, Department of Urban Planning and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Blal Adem Esmail

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Adem Esmail, B., Geneletti, D. (2020). Introduction. In: Ecosystem Services for Urban Water Security. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45666-5_1

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