Overview

Building water-wise cities is a pressing need nowadays in both developed and developing countries. This is mainly due to the limitation of the available water resources and aging infrastructure to meet the needs of adapting to social and environmental changes and for urban liveability. This is the first book to provide comprehensive insights into theoretical, systematic, and engineering aspects of water-wise cities with a broad coverage of global issues. The book aims to (1) provide a theoretical framework of water-wise cities and associated sustainable water systems including key concepts and principles, (2) provide a brand-new thinking on the design and management of sustainable urban water systems of various scales towards a paradigm shift under the resource and environmental constraints, and (3) provide a technological perspective with successful case studies of technology selection, integration, and optimization on the “fit-for-purpose” basis.

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Author:   Xiaochang C. Wang ,  Guangtao Fu
Publisher:   IWA Publishing
Imprint:   IWA Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9781789060751

ISBN 10:   1789060753
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   15 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of 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

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