Sipes Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources

Policies, Planning, Design, and Implementation
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-64029-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Get the single-source solutions guide to the sustainablemanagement of water resources.
Why is water the environmental issue? The answer is simple:without it, life on this planet could not exist. Yet, despite thisfact, reckless consumption practices from a growing population aredrying up the Earth's already limited water resources. Otherfactors, such as river and lake contamination, rising temperatures,and disproportionate geographic accessibility further contribute tothe fresh water crisis. To confront this pressing concern, thisenlightening guide, which covers over twenty case studies offeringinsights into real-world projects, uses a holistic, integratedapproach to illustrate ways to preserve vital water supplies --from green design remedies to encouraging greater personalresponsibility. This book:
* Provides a basic overview of water resources, hydrology,current problems involving water resources, and the potentialimpact of global warming and climate change.
* Covers watershed planning, Best Management Practices, andpotential design and planning solutions.
* Offers a concise overview of the issues affecting water use andmanagement.
* Includes a full chapter dedicated to planning issues, and afull chapter covering site planning, design, andimplementation.
Sustainable Solutions for Water Resources takes apractical approach to head off a global water catastrophe byoffering sensible measures that can be put in place immediately topromote a clean, plentiful flow of the Earth's most preciousresource.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sipes, James L.

Über Autor(innen)

James L. Sipes is Senior Associate with AECOM and the founding Principal of Sand County Studios. He is an award-winning landscape architect with more than twenty-five years of experience, and has written more than 300 articles for a variety of magazines, including frequent contributions to Landscape Architecture magazine.