Sustainable Surface Water Management A Handbook for SUDS

Sustainable Surface Water Management: a handbook for SUDS addresses issues as diverse as flooding, water quality, amenity and biodiversity but also mitigation of, and adaptation to, global climate change, human health benefits and reduction in energy use. Chapters are included to cover issues from a...

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Main Authors Charlesworth, Susanne M, Booth, Colin A
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Newark Wiley 2016
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Wiley-Blackwell
Edition1
Subjects
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
Urban runoff
Water quality management
Watershed management
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Summary:Sustainable Surface Water Management: a handbook for SUDS addresses issues as diverse as flooding, water quality, amenity and biodiversity but also mitigation of, and adaptation to, global climate change, human health benefits and reduction in energy use. Chapters are included to cover issues from around the world, but they also address particular designs associated with the implementation of SUDS in tropical areas, problems with retrofitting SUDS devices, SUDS modelling, water harvesting in drought-stricken countries using SUDS and the inclusion of SUDS in the climate change strategies of such cities as Tokyo, New York and Strasbourg.
ISBN:9781118897683
1118897684
9781118897706
1118897706
DOI:10.1002/9781118897690