Water City: Practical Strategies for Climate Change

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Synopsis
Water City offers practical solutions to some of the environmental challenges facing 21st-century cities as a result of climate change. The dense compact nature of the contemporary city makes it difficult to generate urban resilience to the effects of climate change, particularly coastal and pluvial flooding. This book describes a design-led remediation methodology that draws on catchment planning and GIS mapping and analysis to redefine the city as a series of hydrological and ecological systems. Six case studies test the presented methodology, two greenfield and four brownfield sites based in the UK, USA, New Zealand and China. Each case study is illustrated with GIS maps and perspectives. Specific solutions to the environmental problems that will be intensified by climate change are presented. Water City describes adaptation strategies to help practitioners in the urban landscape tackle these issues and make our cities better places to live. This practical guide is a key read for professionals and stakeholders in landscape architecture, urban design, planning and all those interested in how climate change will affect the future of our cities.
Copyright:
2021

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
188 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000297904
Related ISBNs:
9780367853136, 9780367425043, 9780367425067
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
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Copyrighted By:
Matthew Bradbury. The right of Matthew Bradbury to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Earth Sciences
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Bookshare Staff
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