Water centric sustainable communities [[electronic resource] ] : planning, retrofitting, and building the next urban environment / / Vladimir Novotny, John Ahern, Paul Brown
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| Autore: |
Novotny Vladimir <1938->
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| Titolo: |
Water centric sustainable communities [[electronic resource] ] : planning, retrofitting, and building the next urban environment / / Vladimir Novotny, John Ahern, Paul Brown
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (627 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 628.109173/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Municipal water supply |
| Water resources development | |
| Sustainable development | |
| Urban runoff - Management | |
| Watershed management | |
| Altri autori: |
AhernJohn <1949->
BrownPaul <1944->
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Water centric sustainable communities |
| ISBN: | 0-470-64284-X |
| 1-282-81674-8 | |
| 9786612816741 | |
| 0-470-94996-1 | |
| 0-470-64282-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910140764203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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