The Water Environment of Cities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Baker, Lawrence A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: 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...