Circular Water Economies
Pathways to Innovation, Sustainability, Resilience, and Resource
- 1st Edition - February 1, 2027
- Latest edition
- Editors: Gagan Matta, Amit Kumar, Laura Gjyli
- Language: English
Circular Water Economies offers a comprehensive exploration of innovative, sustainable approaches to managing water resources in a rapidly changing world. This essential volume… Read more
Description
Description
Key features
Key features
Offers practical, research-driven solutions that help implement circular economy principles in water management to promote sustainability and resilience.
Includes comprehensive case studies and innovative strategies across urban and rural contexts worldwide, showing effective approaches to water reuse, resource recovery, and green infrastructure.
Provides valuable tools and frameworks for policymakers, engineers, and environmental practitioners to build adaptive, environmentally sound water systems for a sustainable future.
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Circular Water Economies: Conceptual Foundations, Global Frameworks, and Systemic Transitions
2. Governance Architectures for Circular Water Transitions: Institutions, Policies, and Regulatory Innovations
3. Climate-Resilient Water Systems: Integrating Circularity into Mitigation and Adaptation Pathways
4. Quantifying Circularity: Water Footprinting, Lifecycle Assessment, and Circular Economy Indicators
Section II: Technological Innovations for Pollution Abatement
5. Advanced Treatment Technologies for Circular Wastewater Management
6. Nature-Based Treatment Systems: Ecological Engineering for Pollution Mitigation and Water Reuse
7. Smart and Digital Water Technologies: Monitoring, Automation, and AI-Driven Pollution Control
8. Industrial Wastewater Circularity: Cleaner Production, Zero Liquid Discharge, and Closed-Loop Systems
Section III: Resource Recovery and Circular Valorization
9. Resource Recovery from Wastewater: Energy, Nutrients, and Critical Materials
10. Biosolids Management and Valorization in Circular Water Systems
11. Bio-Innovation and Algal Biorefineries in Circular Water-Energy-Nutrient Nexus
12. Decentralized and Closed-Loop Water Systems: Design, Operation, and Integration
Section IV: Sectoral Integration and Cross-Cutting Strategies
13. Circular Water Strategies in Agriculture: Precision Irrigation, Reuse, and Drainage Management
14. Urban Water Circularity: Blue-Green Infrastructure and Urban Water Management
15. Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Circular Systems: Strategies for Resource Efficiency
16. Financing Circular Water Infrastructure: Economic Instruments, Investment Frameworks, and Policy Incentives
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: February 1, 2027
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
GM
Gagan Matta
AK
Amit Kumar
Dr. Amit Kumar is a Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. He obtained his M.Tech and PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and conducted his postdoctoral research at Hohai University, China. Dr. Kumar’s research spans the ecological health of aquatic habitats, water quality modeling, and water security practices to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. He has published five books, including Elsevier’s Climate Change in the Himalayas, and is an advisory board member for the Elsevier journal Ecological Indicators.
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