Iain White

Water and the City (eBook, ePUB)

Risk, Resilience and Planning for a Sustainable Future

• Format: ePub

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136947483
• Artikelnr.: 43072993

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