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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

09.05.2016

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

240

Maße (L/B/H)

24,4/19,1/1,5 cm

Gewicht

522 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-89766-9

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

09.05.2016

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

240

Maße (L/B/H)

24,4/19,1/1,5 cm

Gewicht

522 g

Auflage

1. Auflage

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-89766-9

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

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  • Produktbild: The Water Sensitive City
  • About the Author xiii
     
    Acknowledgement xv
     
    1. Water and Cities 1
     
    The Molecule 1
     
    Blue Planet 1
     
    A Global Water Cycle 2
     
    Terrain and Water 2
     
    Seasons and Cycles 4
     
    Variations in Rainfall 4
     
    Changing Climates 5
     
    Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide 5
     
    Fossil Fuels and Growth 6
     
    The Ancients and Water 6
     
    Dams 7
     
    Limits 7
     
    Sanitation 9
     
    Pollution 9
     
    Urban Drainage 10
     
    Potable Water 12
     
    Waste 12
     
    Rainwater Harvesting 13
     
    Recycling 14
     
    Biodiversity 14
     
    Restoration 15
     
    The Future 16
     
    Privatization and Regulation 16
     
    Coordination and Cooperation 17
     
    Towards a Better Future 18
     
    2. A Brief History of Water Supply and Sanitation 19
     
    Genesis 19
     
    Bronze Age 20
     
    The First Aqueducts 20
     
    Nineveh 21
     
    The Nile 21
     
    The Minoans 22
     
    Qanats 22
     
    Pompeii 23
     
    Byzantium 24
     
    Yucatan 24
     
    The Incas 25
     
    Qi 26
     
    Lijiang 26
     
    Medieval and Early Modern Europe 26
     
    Early Victorian Period 27
     
    Germ Theory 27
     
    The Great Stink 28
     
    Modern Sewers and Sewage Treatment 28
     
    Sewage Treatment Refined 29
     
    Standards for Sewage Treatment 29
     
    Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1892 30
     
    Los Angeles and the Owens Valley 30
     
    3. Demand 33
     
    Basic Needs 33
     
    Personal Consumption 34
     
    Water Footprint 35
     
    Dependency 36
     
    China 36
     
    Germany 36
     
    India 37
     
    Indonesia 37
     
    Spain 38
     
    United Kingdom 38
     
    Water Footprint of Products 38
     
    Meat 39
     
    Vegetable Crops 39
     
    Power Plants 40
     
    Steel 41
     
    Mining, Oil and Gas 42
     
    When Will Water Consumption Peak? 42
     
    4. Supply 43
     
    The Roof of the World 43
     
    Mountains 44
     
    Forests 45
     
    Reservoirs 46
     
    Impacts of Dams 46
     
    Lowland Rivers 47
     
    Licensing Abstraction 48
     
    Aquifers 48
     
    Nitrate 49
     
    Overabstraction 49
     
    Desalination 50
     
    Reverse Osmosis 50
     
    Impacts of Desalination 51
     
    High Cost of Desalination 51
     
    Rainwater Harvesting 51
     
    Pressure and Pumps 52
     
    Pipework 52
     
    Reliant on Rain 53
     
    5. Climate Change and Water 55
     
    Climate Changes 55
     
    The Greenhouse Effect 55
     
    Callendar 56
     
    Keeling 57
     
    Atmosphere and Oceans 57
     
    Details of the Carbon Cycle 57
     
    The IPCC 58
     
    Stern and the Financial Crisis 58
     
    400 ppm Breached 59
     
    Two Degrees 59
     
    Sea Level Rises 60
     
    Coastal Cities 61
     
    Warmer Seas 62
     
    Ice 62
     
    Feedback Loops 62
     
    Ocean Chemistry 63
     
    Snowmelt 63
     
    Models and Projections 65
     
    Summer Storms 66
     
    Heat Waves 66
     
    Drought 66
     
    6. Microclimate 69
     
    Climate 69
     
    Microclimate 69
     
    City Microclimates 70
     
    Urban Heat?]Island Effect 70
     
    Smog 70
     
    Solving the Air?]Pollution Problem 71
     
    Cooler Roofs 72
     
    Living Walls 73
     
    Trees Cool Streets 74
     
    Parks 75
     
    Quality of Green Space 75
     
    Locating Trees 76
     
    Water Bodies 76
     
    Rivers 76
     
    Heat?]Related De