Cities of the future : towards integrated sustainable water and landscape management / / edited by Vladimir Novotny, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Paul Brown, CDM, San Diego, CA. ; sponsored by National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA [and four others]

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Titolo:	Cities of the future : towards integrated sustainable water and landscape management / / edited by Vladimir Novotny, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, Paul Brown, CDM, San Diego, CA. ; sponsored by National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA [and four others]
Pubblicazione:	London : , : IWA Publishing, , 2007
Descrizione fisica:	1 online resource (452 p.)
Disciplina:	363.61091732
Soggetto topico:	Sustainable urban development
	Hydrology
	Landscape design
	Water resources development
	Sustainable development
	Cities and towns
Soggetto genere / forma:	Electronic books.
Persona (resp. second.):	NovotnyVladimir
	BrownPaul
Note generali:	Proceedings of an International Workshop held July 12-14, 2006 in Wingspread Conference Center (Racine, WI).
Nota di bibliografia:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto:	Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgement; Wingspread Workshop Organizing Committee; Introduction to the book; Preface: Cities of the future: The fifth paradigm of urbanization; Part One: Urban Water Sustainability; 1. The importance of water infrastructure and the environment in tomorrow's cities; 2. Developments towards urban water sustainability in the Chicago metropolitan area; 3. Water and cities - overcoming inertia and achieving a sustainable future; Part Two: Impact of Extreme Events; 4. Hurricane realities, models, levees and wetlands
	5. Water quality and public health - case studies of Hurricane Katrina and the December 2004 tsunami in ThailandPart Three: Monitoring, Urban Observatories and Total Mass Balance of Pollution in Cities; 6. Design of an environmental field observatory for quantifying the urban water budget; 7. Ecosystem approaches to reduce pollution in cities; 8. Field data requirements for monitoring and modelling of urban drainage systems; Part Four: Hydrologic and Pollution Stresses, Response of Receiving Waters; 9. Ground water and cities
	10. Framework for risk-based assessment of stream response to urbanization11. Urban diffuse pollution and solutions in Japan; 12. Tools for the evaluation of stormwater management practices that provide ecological stability in urban streams; 13. Effluent dominated water bodies, their reclamation and reuse to achieve sustainability; Part Five: Integrated Solutions - Water and Landscape; 14. Reclaimed stormwater and wastewater and factors affecting their reuse; 15. Centralized and decentralized urban water, wastewater & storm water systems
	16. Urban ecological design and urban ecology: An assessment of the state of current knowledge and a suggested research agenda17. Green infrastructure for cities: The spatial dimension; 18. Strategic planning of the sustainable future wastewater and biowaste system in Göteborg, Sweden; 19. The role of low impact redevelopment/development in integrated watershed management planning: Turning theory into practice; 20. Automation and real-time control in urban stormwater management; Part Six: Implementing Future Urban Hydrological and Ecological Systems
	21. Urban drainage at cross-roads: Four future scenarios ranging from business-as-usual to sustainability22. Overcoming legal barriers to hydrological sustainability of urban systems; 23. Ecosystem resilience and institutional change: the evolving role of public water suppliers; 24. Financial, economic, and institutional barriers to "green" urban development: The case of stormwater; 25. Restoring the Charles River watershed using flow trading; Appendix; Index
Titolo autorizzato:	Cities of the future
ISBN:	1-78040-530-8
Formato:	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione:	Inglese
Record Nr.:	9910464007503321
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