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9780470642825

Water Centric Sustainable Communities : Planning, Retrofitting and Building the Next Urban Environment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470642825

  • ISBN10:

    0470642823

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2010-09-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Table of Contents

Historic Paradigms of Urban Water/Stormwater//Wastewater Management and Drivers for Change
Introduction
Historic Paradigms - From Ancient Cities to 20th Century
Drivers for Change towards Sustainability
21st Century and Beyond
ReferenceS
Urban Sustainability Concepts
Vision of Sustainability
Sustainability Concept and Definitions
Towards the Fifth Paradigm of Sustainability
Cities of the Future - Water Centric Ecocities
Ecocity/ecovillage concepts
ReferenceS
Planning and Design for Sustainable and Resilient Cities: Theories, Strategies and Best Practices for Green Infrastructure
Introduction
Ecosystem Services
Planning for Resilient and Sustainable Cities
Best Practices for Green Infrastructure
III.V Discussion
ReferenceS
Stormwater Pollution Abatement and Flood Control - Stormwater as a Resource
Urban Stormwater - Problem or an Asset
Best Management Practices to Control Urban Runoff for Reuse
LID Urban Drainage- a Step to the Cities of the Future
ReferenceS
Water Demand and Conservation
Water Use
Water Conservation
Substitute and Supplemental Water Sources
ReferenceS
Water Reclamation and Reuse
Introduction
Water Reclamation and Reuse
Water Quality Goals and Limits for Selecting Technologies
ReferenceS
Treatment and Resource Recovery Unit Processes
Brief Description of Traditional Water and Resource Reclamation Technologies
Sludge Handling and Resource Recovery
Nutrient Recovery
Membrane Filtration and Reverse Osmosis
Disinfection
Energy and GHG Emission Issues in Water Reclamation Plants
Evaluation and Selection of Decentralized Water Reclamation Technologies
ReferenceS
Energy and Urban Water Systems - Towards Net Zero Carbon Footprint
Interconnection of Water and Energy
Energy Conservation in Buildings and Ecoblocks
Energy From Renewable Sources
Energy from Used Water and Waste Organic Solids
Direct Electric Energy Production from Biogas and Used Water
Summary and a Look into the Future
Overall Energy Outlook - Anticipating the Future
ReferenceS
Restoring Urban Streams
Introduction
Adverse Impacts of Urbanization to be Remedied
Water Body Restoration in the Context of Future Water Centric (Eco)Cities
Summary and Conclusions
ReferenceS
Planning and Management of Sustainable Future Communities
Integrated Planning and Management
Urban Planning
Integrated Resources Management (IRM)
Clusters and Ecoblocks - Distributed Systems
Institutions
ReferenceS
Ecocities Evaluation and Synthesis
Introduction
Case Studies
Brief Summary
ReferenceS
Appendix
Index
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