Water Infrastructure: Equitable Deployment of Resilient Systems - Softcover

Sarté, S Bry; Stipisic, Morana M

 
9781941332269: Water Infrastructure: Equitable Deployment of Resilient Systems
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1941332269 ISBN 13: 9781941332269
Publisher: Columbia University Office of Publications, 2016

Synopsis

Innovations in Water Infrastructure, tackles the issue of water and sanitation as one of the most pressing and urgent issues of our time in a global context. S. Bry Sarte and Morana M. Stipisic highlight the ways in which resilient design for water infrastructure can be reframed as critical connective tissue and as a living system that provides a variety of benefits such as decreasing urban heat island effects, releasing pressure on aging infrastructure, absorbing water for flood protection, filtering water and reuse, and providing ecological habitat and ecosystem services.

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Publisher
Columbia University Office of Publications
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1941332269
ISBN 13 
9781941332269
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
174