05628nam 2200733 450 991082021430332120200520144314.01-118-80911-41-118-80916-51-118-80909-2(CKB)3710000000093180(EBL)1650834(SSID)ssj0001133169(PQKBManifestationID)11611009(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001133169(PQKBWorkID)11157796(PQKB)11701020(Au-PeEL)EBL1650834(CaPaEBR)ebr10849202(CaONFJC)MIL584543(OCoLC)863633112(MiAaPQ)EBC1650834(EXLCZ)99371000000009318020140325h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWater resources for the built environment management issues and solutions /edited by Colin Booth, Susanne CharlesworthChichester, England :Wiley-Blackwell,2014.©20141 online resource (442 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-470-67091-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Water Resources in the Built Environment: Management Issues and Solutions; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Section 1 Introduction to the Book; 1 Water Resources : Balancing too Little Versus too Much; 1.1Introduction; 1.2Too Little Versus too Much; 1.3Structure of the Book; 1.4Conclusions; References; Section 2 Water Demand, Policy and Cost; 2 Meeting Demand: Water Strategy, Policy and Legislation; 2.1Introduction; 2.2 Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Managing the Water Resources; 2.3Water Management and Conservation for the Future; 2.4Conclusions; References3 Water Privatisation and Regulation: The UK Experience3.1Introduction; 3.2 The First Country to Fully Privatise its Water and Sewerage Business; 3.3Water Privatisation and Structure; 3.4The Water Industry and the Domestic Market; 3.5The Water Industry and the Market for Business Customers; 3.6Conclusions; References; 4 Urban Water Economics; 4.1Introduction; 4.2Externalities; 4.3Pollution Control (of Water Resources at a Market or Zero Price); 4.4Natural Resource Economics and Water; 4.5Resource Valuation and Measurement; 4.6International Issues and Development in Water; 4.7ConclusionsReferencesSection 3 Water Infrastructure and Supply; 5 Impacts and Issues of Dams and Reservoirs; 5.1Introduction; 5.2Building Dams; 5.3Historical and Global Context; 5.4Environmental Impact; 5.5Socioeconomic Impact; 5.6Socioeconomic Impacts of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project; 5.7 Socioeconomic Impacts of the Manwan Dam, Upper Mekong River, China; 5.8 Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam, China; 5.9Dam Risks: Incidents and Failures; 5.10Insights into the UNEP Dams Project; 5.11Conclusions; References; 6 Powering the Water Industry; 6.1Introduction6.2Conventional Approach6.3Hydropower; 6.4Micro and Small Hydros; 6.5Other Factors; 6.6Conclusions; References; 7 Water Quality and Treatment; 7.1Introduction; 7.2Water Quality; 7.3Drinking Water Safety Plans; 7.4Urban Growth and Water Demand; 7.5Conclusions; References; 8 Desalination; 8.1Introduction; 8.2Desalination Technologies; 8.3Developing Technologies; 8.4Economics of Desalination; 8.5Small and Domestic Scale Desalination Plants; 8.6Environmental Impacts; 8.7Renewable Energy Sources and Desalination; 8.8The Future of Desalination and Sustainable Water Supplies8.9Case Study: The Thames Water Desalination Plant8.10Conclusions; References; 9 Delivering and Designing for Potable Water in Buildings; 9.1Introduction; 9.2Regulating Water Supply; 9.3Water Supply to Domestic Low-Rise Buildings; 9.4 Water Supply to Medium and High-Rise Buildings (or Those with Insufficient Mains Pressure); 9.5Pipe Sizing and Flow Rate Design in Buildings; 9.6Pipework Maintenance Issues; 9.7Future Issues; References; Section 4 Water Conservation Strategies; 10 Water Neutrality - An Overview; 10.1Introduction; 10.2Defining Water Neutrality10.3Strategies for Water Neutrality ImplementationWater management is a key environmental issue in controlling of floods and reducing droughts. This book provides analysis of the main issues, offering solutions and describing good practice. Water Resources for the Built Environment: management issues and solutions develops an appreciation of the diverse, complex and current themes of the water resources debate across the built environment, urban development and management continuum. The integration of physical and environmental sciences, combined with social, economic and political sciences, provide a unique resource, useful tWater resources developmentWatershed managementWater-supplyFlood controlCity planningWater resources development.Watershed management.Water-supply.Flood control.City planning.333.91TEC010000bisacshBooth Colin(Colin A.),Charlesworth SusanneMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820214303321Water resources for the built environment4106224UNINA