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The Water Environment of Cities (Hardcover, 2009 ed.) Loot Price: R4,387
Discovery Miles 43 870
The Water Environment of Cities (Hardcover, 2009 ed.): Lawrence A. Baker

The Water Environment of Cities (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

Lawrence A. Baker

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The concept for the Water Environment of Cities arose from a workshop "Green 1 Cities, Blue Waters" workshop held in 2006. The workshop assembled experts from engineering, planning, economics, law, hydrology, aquatic ecology, geom- phology, and other disciplines to present research ?ndings and identify key new ideas on the urban water environment. At a lunch discussion near the end of the workshop, several of us came to the recognition that despite having considerable expertise in a narrow discipline, none of us had a vision of the "urban water en- ronment" as a whole. We were, as in the parable, blind men at opposite ends of the elephant, knowinga great deal about the parts, but notunderstandingthe whole. We quickly recognized the need to develop a book that would integrate this knowledge to create this vision. The goal was to develop a book that could be used to teach a complete, multidisciplinary course, "The Urban Water Environment," but could also be used as a supplemental text for courses on urban ecosystems, urban design, landscapearchitecture, water policy, waterqualitymanagement andwatershed m- agement. The book is also valuable as a reference source for water professionals stepping outside their arena of disciplinary expertise. The Water Environment of Cities is the ?rst book to use a holistic, interdis- plinary approach to examine the urban water environment. We have attempted to portrayaholisticvisionbuiltaround theconcept of water as a coreelement ofcities. Water has multipleroles: municipalwatersupply, aquatichabitat, landscapeaesth- ics, and recreation. Increasingly, urban water is reused, serving multiple purposes.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Release date: April 2009
First published: 2008
Editors: Lawrence A. Baker
Dimensions: 235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 375
Edition: 2009 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-84890-7
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Regional geography
Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources
Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > General
Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Environment law
Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Water supply & treatment > General
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LSN: 0-387-84890-8
Barcode: 9780387848907

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