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The Water Environment of Cities by Lawrence A. Baker (auth.), Lawrence A. Baker (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Water Environment of Cities about?

For much of the first 200 years of industrialization, the urban water environment was developed by trial and error, often with unintended consequences. The modern "water closet" became widely used; public officials realized that sewers were needed, epidemics of cholera and typhoid were rampart, and eventually, the Cuyahoga River in Ohio literally caught fire. Along the way, we developed new science, new technology, and new institutions. Will we do better in the future? Can we do better in the developing world? This central premise of this book is that we can, if we plan the urban water environment holistically. __The Water Environment of Cities__ is the first book to develop this holistic vision. To accomplish this, core chapters are written by leading experts in academia, consulting, and government. It is written for the broad audience of urban water managers: engineers, planners, ecologists, hydrologists, social scientists, and others. Chapters are written to be accessible to students and practitioners across disciplines, each incorporates cross-cutting themes, and the book is supported by a glossary. Chapters examine urban water budgets, groundwater management, urban water infra

Who reads The Water Environment of Cities?

Author

Lawrence A. Baker (auth.), Lawrence A. Baker (eds.)

Publisher

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC; Springer

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441946638

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Law, Engineering, Science