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Chapter 9 129
Eco-Tanks for Asian cities: Lessons learned in sustainable transfers of green technologies for localized capacity-building
Sara Castro, Nicolas Ploviez
Abstract 129

1. 
   Introduction 130
   
2. 
   Transferring eco-efficiency and the challenge of “greening“
   

developing countries 131

3. 
   Transferring technology for improved sanitation in Asian communities: UNITAR’s city-to-city cooperation projects for Eco-San 135
   
4. 
   UNITAR and CITYNET’s Eco-Tank Project for Negombo,
   

Palembang and San Fernando 137

5. 
   Challenges and key lessons learned 147
   
   1. 
      Contextualized challenges according to project city 150
      
6. 
   Conclusion 152
   

References 154
Chapter 10 157

Watershed management of Sereng River Basin:

Part of the Brantas River Basin System, East Java, Indonesia
Salmah Zakaria

1. 
   Introduction 157
   
2. 
   The proposal 159
   
3. 
   Non-structural measures 160
   
   1. 
      Bio-pores (biopori) 160
      
   2. 
      Land terracing 160
      
   3. 
      Gully plug 161
      
   4. 
      Regreening (afforestation) and reforestation 161
      
4. 
   Structural measures 161
   
5. 
   Capacity-building 162
   
6. 
   Other activities of the villagers 163
   
7. 
   Requests from the villagers 163
   
   1. 
      Biogas plant and water treatment 163
      
8. 
   Conclusion 165
   

Acknowledgement 165
References 165

Chapter 11 167

Natural infrastructure solutions for water security

David Coates, Mark Smith

1. 
   What is natural infrastructure and why manage it? 167
   
2. 
   Key components of natural water infrastructure 169
   
   1. 
      Plants as land-cover 169
      
   2. 
      Soils 169
      
   3. 
      Wetlands 170
      
3. 
   Changing paradigms for water management 170
   
4. 
   Examples of natural infrastructure solutions to meet
   

water-related challenges 172

1. 
   Using natural infrastructure to manage water quality 172
   
2. 
   Using natural infrastructure to manage water quantity 174
   
3. 
   Sustaining broader system-wide ecosystem services 176
   
4. 
   Integrating natural and built infrastructure approaches 177
   
5. 
   Examples of capacity-building approaches 178