Water-wise cities and sustainable water systems : concepts, technologies, and applications /: concepts, technologies, and applications. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Xiaochang C. Wang, Guangtao Fu.
• Editors: Wang, Xiaochang C; Fu, Guangtao
• Contents: About the Authors Preface Part I: Water Management Concepts and Principles Chapter 1 - Pathways towards sustainable and resilient urban water systems Guangtao Fu and David Butler Chapter 2 - Water-wise cities and sustainable water systems: Current problems and challenges Xiaochang C. Wang and Li Luo Chapter 3 - Chinese version of water-wise cities: Sponge City initiative Nanqi Ren, Xiuheng Wang and Shunwen Bai Chapter 4 - US version of water-wise cities: Low impact development Peter T. Weiss, John S. Gulliver and Ali Ebrahimian Chapter 5 - Australian case of water sensitive city and its adaptation in China Kefeng Zhang, Miao Wang, Xiuyu Li and Jiukun Hu Part II: New Paradigm of Systems Thinking and Technology Advances Chapter 6 - Water cycle management for building water-wise cities Xiaochang C. Wang and Li Luo Chapter 7 - Resilient infrastructures for reducing urban flooding risks Maria Pregnolato, Dawei Han, Anna Lo Jacomo, Raffaele De Risi, Jitendra Agarwal and Jing Huang Chapter 8 - Building resilience in water supply infrastructure in the face of future uncertainties: Insight from Cape Town Upeshika Heenetigala, Leon Kapetas and Richard Fenner Chapter 9 - Advances in experimental modelling of urban flooding M. Rubinato, C. Lashford and M. Goerke Chapter 10 - Integrated modelling and control of urban wastewater systems Fanlin Meng and Ramesh Saagi Part III: Practices of Water-Wise Cities and Sustainable Water Systems Chapter 11 - Practices of 'Sponge City Construction' in China Nanqi Ren, Xiuheng Wang, Jiazhuo Wang, Qionghua Zhang and Xiaochang C. Wang Chapter 12 - LID-BMPs for urban runoff pollutant source control Mingyi Jia and Haifeng Jia Chapter 13 - Water quality improvement for upgrading urban landscapes Qiang He, Caihong Liu, Ziwei Chen, Riuxing Huang and Xiaoliu Huangfu Chapter 14 - Constructed wetlands for urban water ecological improvement Mawuli Dzakpasu, Yucong Zheng and Xiaochang C. Wang Chapter 15 - Boscastle case of flash flood modelling and hazards reduction Ioanna Stamataki.
• Publisher Details: London : IWA Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 628.1; Water-supply engineering; Smart water grids; Smart cities; Sustainable urban development; Municipal water supply
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789060768
• Related ISBNs: 9781789060751
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