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Approaches to water sensitive urban design : potential, design, ecological health, urban greening, economics, policies, and community perceptions / / Ashok K. Sharma, Ted Gardner, Don Begbie, editors
| Approaches to water sensitive urban design : potential, design, ecological health, urban greening, economics, policies, and community perceptions / / Ashok K. Sharma, Ted Gardner, Don Begbie, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Kidlington, United Kingdom ; ; Cambridge, MA : , : Elsevier, , [2019] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (630 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 333.9114 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water resources development - Environmental aspects
Urbanization - Environmental aspects |
| ISBN |
0-12-812844-5
0-12-812843-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History of water sensitive urban design/low impact development adoption in Australia and internationally / John C. Radcliffe -- Water sensitive urban design approaches and their description / Alan Hoban. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910583375503321 |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Kidlington, United Kingdom ; ; Cambridge, MA : , : Elsevier, , [2019] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Rainwater tank systems for urban water supply : design, yield, energy, health risks, economics and social perceptions / / edited by Ashok K. Sharma, Donald Begbie and Ted Gardner
| Rainwater tank systems for urban water supply : design, yield, energy, health risks, economics and social perceptions / / edited by Ashok K. Sharma, Donald Begbie and Ted Gardner |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 628.142 |
| Soggetto topico |
Water harvesting
Rainwater Tanks Cisterns Municipal water supply |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78040-536-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Editors""; ""List of Authors""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Editorial""; ""Chapter 1: Rainwater harvesting systems for urban developments""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 International Experiences with Rainwater Harvesting Systems""; ""1.3 The Australian Experience with Rainwater Tank Systems""; ""1.4 Key Issues for Greater Uptake of Rainwater Tank Systems""; ""1.4.1 Estimating rainwater system yield and mains water savings""; ""1.4.2 Understanding the risks associated with rainwater quality""; ""1.4.3 Guidelines for managing risks of rainwater use""
""1.4.4 Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of rainwater tanks""""1.4.5 Understanding the indirect costs and benefits of rainwater tanks (externalities)""; ""1.4.6 Impact of rainwater systems on stormwater flows and nutrient loads""; ""1.4.7 Impact of rainwater tank systems on centralised water systems and water quality""; ""1.4.8 Energy consumption in rainwater tank systems""; ""1.5 Conclusions""; ""1.6 References""; ""Chapter 2: Rainwater tank modelling""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 General Concepts Underlying A Rain Water Tank Model""; ""2.3 Aspects of Some Existing Rain Water Tank Models"" ""2.3.1 Time-step and climate data inputs""""2.3.2 Water demand data inputs""; ""2.3.3 Roof runoff modelling""; ""2.3.4 Tank water balance configurations""; ""2.3.5 Model outputs""; ""2.4 Influence of Different Variables in the Tank Simulation""; ""2.4.1 Time-step and spill rule""; ""2.4.2 Roof area""; ""2.4.3 Tank size""; ""2.4.4 Demand""; ""2.4.5 Initial and continuing losses""; ""2.4.6 Simulation length""; ""2.4.7 Validation""; ""2.5 Upscaling of Rainwater Tank Behaviour to Multiple Tanks""; ""2.6 Conclusions""; ""2.7 References"" ""Chapter 3: Quantifying mains water savings from residential rainwater tanks""""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.1.1 Why quantify mains water savings?""; ""3.1.2 Previous studies on mains water savings""; ""3.1.3 Chapter objectives and scope""; ""3.2 Case Study 1 - Desktop Analysis of Mains Water Savings""; ""3.2.1 Background""; ""3.2.2 Methods""; ""3.2.3 Results""; ""3.2.4 Discussion and implications""; ""3.2.5 Limitations of Case Study 1""; ""3.2.6 Concluding remarks""; ""3.3 Case Study 2 - Benchmark Analysis of Mains Water Savings""; ""3.3.1 Background""; ""3.3.2 Research aims""; ""3.3.3 Methods"" ""3.3.4 Results and discussion""""3.3.5 Challenges and limitations""; ""3.3.6 Concluding remarks""; ""3.4 Case Study 3 - Water Savings from Rebated Rainwater Tanks""; ""3.4.1 Background""; ""3.4.2 Methods""; ""3.4.3 Mains water savings results""; ""3.4.4 Interpretation and implications""; ""3.4.5 Challenges and limitations""; ""3.4.6 Concluding remarks""; ""3.5 Key Considerations in Quantifying Mains Savings""; ""3.5.1 Quality of the datasets""; ""3.5.2 Mixed method and analyses""; ""3.5.3 Sample size v quality of datasets""; ""3.6 Summary and Conclusions""; ""3.7 References"" ""Chapter 4: Monitoring of household rainwater tank systems for rainwater usage"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910309959503321 |
| London, [England] : , : IWA Publishing, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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