Iain White

Water and the City

Risk, Resilience and Planning for a Sustainable Future

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Filling a gap in the literature of water and the city, White tackles droughts, flooding and the supply of water in this welcome addition to the series. Comprehensive and thought-provoking, it is an ideal text for all geography and planning students.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780415553322
• ISBN-10: 0415553326
• Artikelnr.: 40541133

Autorenporträt

Iain White is a qualified Town Planner, a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Lecturer in Spatial Planning at the University of Manchester. His main research interest lies in exploring issues surrounding water and the built environment.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: The Past, Present and Future Context 1. Nature, Climate and
Hazard 2. Drivers for Change Section 2: The Problems of Water in the City
3. Too Much Water in the City 4. Too Little Water in the City Section 3:
Towards A Conceptual Framework 5. Risk, Resilience and Spatial Planning 6.
Principles of Intervention Section 4: Planning for a Sustainable Future 7.
Hazard and Resilience in the City 8. Exposure and Resilience in the City 9.
Vulnerability and Resilience in the City 10. Towards a more Sustainable
City. Bibliography