Blue and Green Cities The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources /

• Main Author: Brears, Robert C. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Environment.; Hydrology.; Sociology, Urban.; Environmental geography.; Sustainable architecture.; Environment Studies.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Environmental Geography.; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.

This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economi...

Table of Contents:

• 1: From traditional grey infrastructure to Blue-Green Infrastructure
• 2: Blue-Green Infrastructure in managing urban water resources
• 3: Adaptive management and Blue-Green Infrastructure
• 4: Copenhagen becoming a Blue-Green City
• 5: New York City becoming a Blue-Green City
• 6: Philadelphia becoming a Blue-Green City
• 7: Rotterdam becoming a Blue-Green City
• 8: Singapore becoming a Blue-Green City
• 9: Washington D.C. becoming a Blue-Green City
• 10: Mini case studies of cities implementing Blue-Green Infrastructure
• 11: Best practices
• Conclusions.