Rethinking Infrastructure Design for Multi-Use Water Services
As we approach a historic tipping point in the global trend toward urbanisation – within two decades urban dwellers will increase from 49% to 60% of the planet’s population – this book identifies and addresses a critical problem: water. The editors show h
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Čedo Maksimović Mathew Kurian Reza Ardakanian
Rethinking Infrastructure Design for Multi-Use Water Services
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Čedo Maksimović Mathew Kurian Reza Ardakanian •
Rethinking Infrastructure Design for Multi-Use Water Services
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Čedo Maksimović Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Imperial College London London UK
ISSN 2191-5547 ISBN 978-3-319-06274-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-06275-4
Mathew Kurian Reza Ardakanian UNU-FLORES United Nations University Dresden Germany
ISSN 2191-5555 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-06275-4 (eBook)
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Rethinking Infrastructure Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Climate Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 What Is Wrong with Existing Systems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What Is the Multiple-Use Water Services Concept?. . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Reduced Pluvial Flood Risk .
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