Donald Watson, Michele Adams

Gebundenes Buch

Design for Flooding

Architecture, Landscape, and Urban Design for Resilience to Flooding and Climate Change

Beschreibung

Architects, urban planners and urban designers, as well as water resources engineers and landscape architects will discover thatDesign for Flooding presents the best practices and lessons to create buildings and communities that are more resilient in the face of severe weather, climate change, and the prospect of rising sea level. Design for Flooding covers technical and institutional issues--along with new design and business opportunities--built upon fundamentals of climate and weather, stormwater and floodplain management; best practices of flood-resistant design and adaption to sea level rise; multidisciplinary design that integrates sound ecological and engineering principles; and innovative design and construction to protect and improve water security.

Autor

DONALD WATSON, FAIA, an architect and planner, is former chair of the Yale School of Architecture Environmental Design Program, and former professor and dean of the School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received the 2002 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award and the 2005 AARC Haecker Leadership Award for Architectural Research. His publications include Climatic Building Design, winner in the Architecture and Urban Planning category of the American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence. MICHELE ADAMS, P.E., a water resources engineer, is principal and founder of Meliora Environmental Design in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. Her work encompasses environ- mentally sensitive site design and sustainable water resources engineering.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 284mm x 224mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 1114g
• ISBN-13: 9780470475645
• ISBN-10: 0470475641
• Artikelnr.: 30206951