LEADER 03846nam 22006615 450 001 9910300598503321 005 20240923184216.0 010 $a9781137592583 010 $a1137592583 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-59258-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000002891962 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5347170 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-59258-3 035 $a(Perlego)3491972 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000002891962 100 $a20180307d2018 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlue and Green Cities $eThe Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources /$fby Robert C. Brears 205 $a1st ed. 2018. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource (xxi, 318 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$a9781137592576 311 08$a1137592575 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1: From traditional grey infrastructure to Blue-Green Infrastructure -- 2: Blue-Green Infrastructure in managing urban water resources -- 3: Adaptive management and Blue-Green Infrastructure -- 4: Copenhagen becoming a Blue-Green City -- 5: New York City becoming a Blue-Green City -- 6: Philadelphia becoming a Blue-Green City -- 7: Rotterdam becoming a Blue-Green City -- 8: Singapore becoming a Blue-Green City -- 9: Washington D.C. becoming a Blue-Green City -- 10: Mini case studies of cities implementing Blue-Green Infrastructure -- 11: Best practices -- Conclusions. 330 $aThis book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economic and environmental consequences. Brears explores the role urban water managers have in implementing blue-green infrastructure to reduce ecological damage and mitigate risk. The case studies in this book illustrate how cities, of differing climates, lifestyles and income-levels, have implemented policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water, wastewater and stormwater sustainably to reduce environmental degradation and enhance resilience to climate change. This new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably will be of interest to those working on water conservation and policy. Robert C. Brears is the founder of Mitidaption, Mark and Focus, and is Director on the International Board of the Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture. He is the author of Urban Water Security (2016). 606 $aEcology 606 $aWater 606 $aHydrology 606 $aSociology, Urban 606 $aPhysical geography 606 $aSustainable architecture 606 $aEnvironmental Sciences 606 $aWater 606 $aUrban Sociology 606 $aPhysical Geography 606 $aSustainable Architecture/Green Buildings 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aWater. 615 0$aHydrology. 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 615 0$aPhysical geography. 615 0$aSustainable architecture. 615 14$aEnvironmental Sciences. 615 24$aWater. 615 24$aUrban Sociology. 615 24$aPhysical Geography. 615 24$aSustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. 676 $a363.6/1091732 700 $aBrears$b Robert C$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0908772 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910300598503321 996 $aBlue and Green Cities$92215594 997 $aUNINA