Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management

Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management

This case study showcases examples where the “G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)” have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Fukuoka City, one of the most prominent cities in Japan toda...

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Main Authors: Kriss, Paul, Miki-Imoto, Haruka, Nishimaki, Hiroshi, Riku, Takashi
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RECLAMATION
DISTRIBUTION PIPE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/437311604995673779/Fukuoka-City-Efficient-Water-Management
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34815
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spelling okr-10986-348152021-06-14T09:59:55Z Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management Kriss, Paul Miki-Imoto, Haruka Nishimaki, Hiroshi Riku, Takashi INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WATER RECLAMATION DISTRIBUTION PIPE This case study showcases examples where the “G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)” have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Fukuoka City, one of the most prominent cities in Japan today. It reviews the city’s efficient water management through Economic Efficiency and Infrastructure Governance, two of the six G20 Principles for QII. A key factor for the city’s success was adopting life-cycle costing as an underlying principle; the city upgraded its water distribution pipe network with polyethylene sleeves for life extension and went to great length for leakage reduction. As a recent effort, the city underwent procurement reforms to improve the technical quality of public works. The implications are expected to benefit policymakers and practitioners in developing countries. 2020-11-24T21:32:20Z 2020-11-24T21:32:20Z 2020 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/437311604995673779/Fukuoka-City-Efficient-Water-Management http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34815 English Quality Infrastructure Investment; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Infrastructure Study East Asia and Pacific Japan
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topic INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RECLAMATION
DISTRIBUTION PIPE
spellingShingle INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
WATER RECLAMATION
DISTRIBUTION PIPE
Kriss, Paul
Miki-Imoto, Haruka
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Riku, Takashi
Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management
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description This case study showcases examples where the “G20 Principles for Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII)” have been operationalized in Japan`s urban infrastructure projects. It highlights Fukuoka City, one of the most prominent cities in Japan today. It reviews the city’s efficient water management through Economic Efficiency and Infrastructure Governance, two of the six G20 Principles for QII. A key factor for the city’s success was adopting life-cycle costing as an underlying principle; the city upgraded its water distribution pipe network with polyethylene sleeves for life extension and went to great length for leakage reduction. As a recent effort, the city underwent procurement reforms to improve the technical quality of public works. The implications are expected to benefit policymakers and practitioners in developing countries.
format Report
author Kriss, Paul
Miki-Imoto, Haruka
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Riku, Takashi
author_facet Kriss, Paul
Miki-Imoto, Haruka
Nishimaki, Hiroshi
Riku, Takashi
author_sort Kriss, Paul
title Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management
title_short Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management
title_full Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management
title_fullStr Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management
title_full_unstemmed Fukuoka City : Efficient Water Management
title_sort fukuoka city : efficient water management
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/437311604995673779/Fukuoka-City-Efficient-Water-Management
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34815
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