Grant, Gary
The Water Sensitive City
Nyckelord: water cycle; water sensitive city; sustainable drainage; biodiversity; sanitation; qanats; Mohenjodaro; Great Stink; germ theory; cenotes; aquaduct; Bazalgette; Elan Valley; Owens Valley; water footprint; water demand;snowmelt; reservoirs; dams; abstraction; aquifers; desalination; reverse osmosis; rainwater harvesting; climate change; carbon dioxide; greenhouse gases; callendar; keeling; Stern; IPCC; sea level; drought; heatwaves; microclimate; heatwave; urban heat island; smog; air pollution; cool roofs; green roofs; living walls; street trees; Convention on Biological Diversity; ecosystem approach; ecosystem services; riverfront; urban regeneration; river restoration; river wall; coastal resorts; sustainable urban drainage; low impact development; green roofs; permeable paving; tree pits; attenuation; detention; water meters; leaks; cistern displacement device; rainwater harvesting; dew catching; fog catching; NEWater; sewer mining; greywater; Clean Water Act; Water Framework Directive; urban runoff; non-point source; water quality; urban farming; green streets; blue-green infrastructure; smart city, General & Introductory Civil Engineering & Construction, Environmental Management, Policy & Planning, General & Introductory Civil Engineering & Construction, Environmental Management, Policy & Planning
- Författare
- Grant, Gary
- Utgivare
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Utgivningsår
- 2016
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Sidantal
- 240 sidor
- Kategori
- Ekonomisk
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118897645
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781118897669