Water and Urban Development Paradigms - Towards an Integration of Engineering, Design Management Approaches

Informationen zum Autor Jan Feyen, Kelly Shannon, Matthew Neville Klappentext A strategic and shrinking resource, clean water is often touted as the "new oil." The complexities that surround it are proving to be major challenges. A contribution to the better integration of approaches in the separate disciplines of water management, water engineering, urban planning and design, and aquatic ecology, this book explores the emergence of new, more effective water and urban development paradigms. The volume discusses the historical relationship between water systems and human settlements, and related management problems regarding urban floods, water use and water sanitation. It is appropriate for scientists, professionals, and public and non-governmental organizations. Zusammenfassung Includes the papers presented at the International Conference on Water and Urban Development Paradigms: Towards an Integration of Engineering, Design and Management Approaches. This book discusses the historical relationship between water systems and human settlements, and related management problems regarding urban floods, and water sanitation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgement, Preface, Conference, Introduction, Part one: Urbanity and hydrology, Part two: Mitigating natural disasters, Part three: Urban water management, Part four: Rethinking water governance, Author index

Product details

• Authors: Jan Shannon Feyen
• Assisted by: Jan Feyen (Editor), Feyen Jan (Editor), Matthew Neville (Editor), Neville Matthew (Editor), Kelly Shannon (Editor), Shannon Kelly (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.09.2008
• EAN: 9780415483346
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48334-6
• No. of pages: 712
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Regional & area planning, Science / Environmental Science, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Regional and area planning, Hydrology and the hydrosphere, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Water industries, Energy industries and utilities, Civil engineering, surveying and building