The Water Environment of Cities

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Baker, Lawrence A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Civil engineering.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Environmental management.; Water pollution.; Environmental Management.; World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions).; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Civil Engineering.

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...