Innovative Urban Wet-Weather Flow Management Systems

by Richard Field, James P. Heaney, Robert Pitt

Overview

The 20th century's automobile-inspired land use changes brought about tremendous transformations in how stormwater moves across the modern urban land-scape. Streets and parking areas in the average urban family's neighborhood now exceed the amount of land devoted to living space. Add parking, office and commercial space, and it's easy to understand

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040218259
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/27/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	535
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Richard Field, James P. Heaney, Robert Pitt

Table of Contents

Principles of Integrated Urban Water Management. Sustainable Urban Water Management. Source Characterization. Receiving Water and Other Impacts. Collection Systems. Assessment of Stormwater Best Management Practice Effectiveness. Stormwater Storage-Treatment-Reuse Systems. Urban Stormwater and Watershed Management: A Case Study.Cost Analysis and Financing of Urban Water Infrastructure. Institutional Arrangements. Summary and Conclusions. Appendix: Innovative Stormwates Management in New development: Planing Case Study.