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].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Novotny, Vladimir, editor.

Brown, Paul, editor.

National Science Foundation, issuing body.

Series:

Cities of the Future Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable urban development.

Hydrology.

Landscape design.

Water resources development.

Sustainable development.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (452 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : IWA Publishing, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is developed from and includes the presentations of leading international experts and scholars in the 12-14 July, 2006 Wingspread Workshop. With urban waters as afocal point, this book will explore the links between urban water quality and hydrology, and the broader conceptsofgreen cities and smart growth. It also addresses legal and social barriers to urban ecological sustainability and proposes practical ways to overcome those barriers. Cities of the Future featureschapters containing visionary concepts on how to ensure that cities and their water resourcesbecome ecologically sustainable and are able toprovide clean water for all beneficial uses. The book links North American and Worldwide experience and approaches. The book is primarily a professional reference aimed at a wide interdisciplinary audience, including universities, consultants, environmental advocacy groups and legal environmental professionals.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Proceedings of an International Workshop held July 12-14, 2006 in Wingspread Conference Center (Racine, WI).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 16, 2014).

ISBN:

9781780405308

1780405308

OCLC:

922996017