Blue and Green Cities The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources /

This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economi...

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1. Verfasser: Brears, Robert C. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018.
Ausgabe:1st ed. 2018.
Schlagworte:
Environment.
Hydrology.
Sociology, Urban.
Environmental geography.
Sustainable architecture.
ISBN:9781137592583
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1: From traditional grey infrastructure to Blue-Green Infrastructure
  • 2: Blue-Green Infrastructure in managing urban water resources
  • 3: Adaptive management and Blue-Green Infrastructure
  • 4: Copenhagen becoming a Blue-Green City
  • 5: New York City becoming a Blue-Green City
  • 6: Philadelphia becoming a Blue-Green City
  • 7: Rotterdam becoming a Blue-Green City
  • 8: Singapore becoming a Blue-Green City
  • 9: Washington D.C. becoming a Blue-Green City
  • 10: Mini case studies of cities implementing Blue-Green Infrastructure
  • 11: Best practices
  • Conclusions.

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