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UNINA9910799945803321 |
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Autore |
Graaf Rutger de |
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Titolo |
Urban Water in Japan / / editors, Hooimeijer, Fransje |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , 2014 |
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0-429-17873-5 |
1-4822-6622-9 |
1-134-05268-5 |
1-281-72410-6 |
9786611724108 |
0-203-88919-3 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (244 p.) |
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Collana |
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Urban water series ; ; v. 11 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Flood control - Japan |
Municipal water supply - Japan |
Urban runoff - Japan - Management |
Water resources development - Japan |
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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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Front cover; Contents; List of tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. History of urban water in Japan; Chapter 3. Historical floods with responding flood control; Chapter 4. The development of river management: Tone River; Chapter 5. Urban flood control on the rivers of Tokyo metropolitan; Chapter 6. Stormwater management and multi source water supply in Japan: Innovative approaches to reduce vulnerability; Chapter 7. Development of lowland areas; Chapter 8. Parallel planning approach for urban water management; Chapter 9. Challenges for delta areas in coping with urban floods |
ReferencesIndex; Back cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Water control is essential to Japan, as more than half of its invested capital is concentrated in elevations under sea level and the majority of the island nation is exceptionally vulnerable to flooding. To avoid potential crisis, the Japanese have developed exceptionally innovative |
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