Urban Water Sustainability Constructing Infrastructure for Cities and Nature Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management Series
Auteur : Bell Sarah
The provision of a safe and reliable water supply is a major challenge for the world's growing urban populations. This book investigates the implications of different developments in water technology and infrastructure for urban sustainability and the relationship between cities and nature.
The book begins by outlining five frameworks for analysing water technologies and systems - sustainable development, ecological modernisation, socio-technical systems, political ecology and radical ecology. It then analyses in detail what the sustainability implications are of different technical developments in water systems, specifically: demand management, sanitation, urban drainage, water reuse and desalination. The main purpose of the book is to draw out the social, political and ethical implications of technical changes that are occurring in urban water systems around the world, with positive and negative impacts on sustainability.
Distinguished from existing social science analysis due to its attention to the engineering details of the technology, this book will be of use to a wide audience, including students on water management courses, engineering students and researchers, urban geographers and planners interested in sustainability, infrastructure and critical ecology.
1. Introduction 2. Water and sustainable cities 3. Constructing infrastructure 4. Framing cities and nature 5. Demand 6. Sanitation 7. Drainage 8. Reuse 9. Desalination 10. Conclusion
Sarah Bell is Professor of Environmental Engineering and EPSRC Living with Environmental Change Research Fellow in the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources at UCL, UK. She is also Director of the Engineering Exchange, which serves to improve community engagement with engineering and built environment research. She is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.
Date de parution : 06-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 01-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
Thèmes d’Urban Water Sustainability :
Mots-clés :
Sustainable Urban Water; Combined Sewer Overflows; Ecological Modernisation; Water Sensitive Cities; Urban Water Infrastructure; Greywater Reuse; Green Infrastructure; Integrated Urban Water Management; Urban Water Management; Waterless Sanitation; Ecological Modernisation Theory; Surface Water Flooding; Urban Water Systems; WSUD; Urban Water; Urban Political Ecology; Non-potable Reuse; Potable Reuse Schemes; Sustainable Drainage; Water Reuse; Potable Reuse; Green Roof Substrate; Thermal Desalination; Ecological Sanitation; UK Water Industry