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UNINA9910784876803321 |
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Autore |
Hooimeijer Fransje |
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Titolo |
More Urban Water : Design and Management of Dutch water cities / / Fransje Hooimeijer, Wout van der Toorn Vrijthoff |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-18287-2 |
1-4822-8855-9 |
1-281-14239-5 |
9786611142391 |
0-203-93850-X |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (241 p.) |
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Collana |
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Urban water series ; ; v. 10 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Municipal water supply - Management - Netherlands |
Water-supply - Management - Netherlands |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction: water's changing context; Chapter 2 The form and function of water in the city; Chapter 3 The urban design issues in existing cities; Chapter 4 The water issues in the existing city; Chapter 5 More water in the historic city centre: transformation; Chapter 6 More water in the city, from 1850 to 1945: consolidation; Chapter 7 More water in the post-war city: restructuring; Chapter 8 International comparison; Chapter 9 Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; Color plates |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"The perceptibly changing climate has resulted in more precipitation in a small number of short periods. As most urban water management systems were developed at a time when precipitation was distributed more evenly throughout the year, they cannot deal properly with the new circumstances, and high groundwater levels and excess water are the result. In practice, many urban dwellers are consequently confronted with flooded cellars and inaccessible urban infrastructure. To solve these phenomena in the future, a major part of the urban water programmes for the next few decades consists of restructuring and transformation of the existing urban areas, in which water |
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