The Water Environment of Cities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baker, Lawrence A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Environmental sciences.; Regional planning.; Landscape ecology.; Civil engineering.; Environmental law.; Environmental management.; Environmental pollution.; Environment.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Civil Engineering.; Landscape Ecology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84891-4

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 ram...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Urban Hydrology
• Urban Groundwater
• Urban Water Systems
• Movement of Nutrients and Salts Through Urban Ecosystems
• Streams and Urbanization: A Geomorphic Perspective on Impacts, Mitigation, and Restoration
• Recreating Among Urban Waters: Activities, Meaning and Management Implications
• Legal Framework for the Urban Water Environment
• Institutions Affecting the Urban Water Environment
• Institutional Structures for Water Management in the Eastern U.S
• Water Quantity Management in the Urban Southwest: Innovative Efforts, Supply Resiliency and Future Opportunities
• Blueprint for the Future of the Urban Water Environment.