| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 606 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Historic paradigms of urban water/stormwater/wastewater management and drivers for change -- Urban sustainability concepts -- Planning and design for sustainable and resilient cities: theories, strategies, and best practices for green infrastructure -- Stormwater pollution abatement and flood control--stormwater as a resource -- Water demand and conservation -- Water reclamation and reuse -- Treatment and resource recovery unit processes -- Energy and urban water systems--towards net zero carbon footprint -- Restoring urban streams -- Planning and management of sustainable future communities -- Ecocities: evaluation and synthesis -- Appendix -- Index |
| Summary |
The current literature compartmentalizes the complex issue of water and wastewater into its discrete components; technology, planning, policy, construction, economics, etc. Considered from the perspective of sustainability, however, water in the urban environment must be approached as a single resource that can be continuously reused and recycled. From new construction to the retrofitting of existing systems, this book presents the case for a new urban relationship to water, one with a more sustainable connection to the environment and the hydrological cycle. Through case studies of successfully planned and built systems around the world, the book will educate the reader about the need for a new approach to urban water management, and make the case that these changes are not only possible but imperative. --From publisher's description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Municipal water supply.
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Water resources development.
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Sustainable development.
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Urban runoff -- Management.
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Watershed management.
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water resources development.
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sustainable development.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Water Supply.
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Municipal water supply
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Sustainable development
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Urban runoff -- Management
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Water resources development
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Watershed management
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ahern, John, 1949-
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Brown, Paul, 1944-
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| LC no. |
2010005121 |
| ISBN |
9780470642825 |
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0470642823 |
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9780470642832 |
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0470642831 |
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9780470642849 |
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047064284X |
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9780470949962 |
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0470949961 |
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9780470951699 |
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0470951699 |
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9780470951934 |
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0470951931 |
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1282816748 |
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9781282816749 |
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9786612816741 |
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6612816740 |
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