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Urban sustainability and river restoration : green and blue infrastructure / Katia Perini, Paola Sabbion.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perini, Katia, author.
- Sabbion, Paola, author.
- Series:
- THEi Wiley ebooks.
- THEi Wiley ebooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban runoff--Management.
- Urban runoff.
- Restoration ecology.
- Sustainable development.
- Stream restoration.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 pages) : color illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
- System Details:
- Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).
- Summary:
- Urban Sustainability and River Restoration: Green and Blue Infrastructure considers the integration of green and blue infrastructure in cities as a strategy useful for acting on causes and effects of environmental and ecological issues. River restoration projects are unique opportunities for sustainable development and smart growth of communities, providing multiple environmental, economic, and social benefits.This book analyzes initiatives and actions carried out and developed to improve environmental conditions in cities and better understand the environmental impact of (and in) dense urban areas in the United States and in Europe.
- Contents:
- Green and blue infrastructure in cities
- Climate change : mitigation and adaptation strategies
- Environmental and ecological imbalances in dense urban areas
- Water in urban areas : ecological and environmental issues and strategies
- Ecosystem services in urban areas : social, environmental, and economic benefits
- Green and blue infrastructure : vegetated systems
- Green and blue infrastructure : unvegetated systems
- Urban river restoration
- Strategies and techniques : case studies
- Green and blue infrastructure top-down policies
- Bottom-up initiatives for green and blue infrastructure
- Selection of management practices and guidelines
- Opportunities and policies : case studies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781119244943
- 1119244943
- 9781119244950
- 1119244951
- 9781119245025
- 1119245028
- OCLC:
- 965377941
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