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Urban Water Systems & Floods III (Hardcover)
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Urban Water Systems & Floods III (Hardcover)
Series: WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, 194
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Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous lives
worldwide each year. Apart from the physical damage to buildings,
contents and loss of life, which are the most obvious, impacts of
floods upon households and other more indirect losses are often
overlooked. These indirect and intangible impacts are generally
associated with disruption to normal life and longer term health
issues. Flooding represents a major barrier to the alleviation of
poverty in many parts of the developing world, where vulnerable
communities are often exposed to sudden and life-threatening
events. As our cities continue to expand, their urban
infrastructures need to be re-evaluated and adapted to new
requirements related to the increase in population and the growing
areas under urbanization. Topics such as contamination and
pollution discharges in urban water bodies, as well as the
monitoring of water recycling systems are currently receiving a
great deal of attention from researchers and professional engineers
working in the water industry. The papers contained in this volume
cover these problems and deals with two main urban water topics:
water supply networks and urban drainage. Originating from the 7th
International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management, the
included research works include innovative solutions that can help
bring about multiple benefits toward achieving integrated flood
risk and urban water management strategies and policy.
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