Sustainable urban water environment :

Goonetilleke, Ashantha.

Sustainable urban water environment : climate, pollution and adaptation / Ashantha Goonetilleke, Tan Yigitcanlar, Godwin A. Ayoko, Prasanna Egodawatta. - Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, 2014. - xxvii, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-271) and index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I RISKS AND CHALLENGES -- 1.Spreading urbanisation and the water environment -- 2.Changing climate and the water environment -- 3.Sustaining urban water environments -- pt. II IMPACTS AND PREDICTIONS -- 4.Measuring urban water pollutants -- 5.Source contributions of pollutants -- 6.Modelling water pollutant processes -- pt. III OPPORTUNITIES AND DIRECTIONS -- 7.Determining urban sustainability performance -- 8.Assessing sustainability of urban ecosystems -- 9.Achieving urban sustainability and implications for the urban water environment -- 10.Conclusion: Moving towards sustainable water futures.

9781781004630 (hbk.) 1781004633 (hbk.)

2013947142


Municipal water supply--Computer simulation.
Municipal water supply.
Sustainable urban development--Computer simulation.
Sustainable urban development.
Water--Pollution potential--Computer simulation.
Water--Pollution potential.

TD365 / .S88 2014

363.61 GOO / 007400