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Autore |
Novotny Vladimir <1938-> |
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Water centric sustainable communities : planning, retrofitting, and building the next urban environment / / Vladimir Novotny, John Ahern, Paul Brown |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
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9786612816741 |
9780470642849 |
047064284X |
9781282816749 |
1282816748 |
9780470949962 |
0470949961 |
9780470642825 |
0470642823 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (627 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AhernJohn <1949-> |
BrownPaul <1944-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Municipal water supply |
Water resources development |
Sustainable development |
Urban runoff - Management |
Watershed management |
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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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Nota di contenuto |
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Water Centric Sustainable Communities: Planning, Retrofitting, and Building the Next Urban Environment; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter I: HISTORIC PARADIGMS OF URBAN WATER/STORMWATER/WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AND DRIVERS FOR CHANGE; Chapter II: URBAN SUSTAINABILITYCONCEPTS; Chapter III: PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT CITIES: THEORIES, STRATEGIES, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; Chapter IV: STORMWATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT AND FLOOD CONTROL-STORM WATER AS A |
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RESOURCE; Chapter V: WATER DEMAND ANDCONSERVATION; Chapter VI: WATER RECLAMATIONAND REUSE |
Chapter VII: TREATMENT AND RESOURCE RECOVERY UNIT PROCESSESChapter VIII: ENERGY AND URBAN WATER SYSTEMS-TOWARDS NET ZERO CARBON FOOTPRINT; Chapter IX: RESTORING URBANSTREAMS; Chapter X: PLANNING ANDMANAGEMENT OF SUSTAINABLE FUTURE COMMUNITIES; Chapter XI: ECOCITIES: EVALUATION AND SYNTHESIS; APPENDIX; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. This book will be the first to capture all of the current work on this idea in a single, integrated, plan for designing the water-centric cities of the future. From new construction to the retrofitting of existing systems, this book presents the c |
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