Stormwater management in landscape design/ edited by Thierry Jacquet

Contributor(s):

Jacquet, Thierry [editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Design Media Publishing (UK) Limited, 2017.Description: 285 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781910596616 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

SB 469.38 S76 2017

Contents:

Theories -- Cases. Rain runoff -- River management -- Flood protection & water conservation -- Green space -- Roadway --Architecture.

Summary: "Cities and towns with the contemporary high density patterns of development are suffering increasingly high risks of flooding. Eco-friendly urban planning and landscape architecture provides a solution in the new architectural context. Focusing on the stormwater management concept, the book introduces key techniques and skills in the water resilient urban design, illustrated with recently completed projects all around the world. In a sponge city, landscape architecture is perceived as a kind of infrastructure that is able to bring to us a low-carbon, smart, eco-friendly lifestyle."--Back cover

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	NFIC	General Circulation Section-GF	SB 469.38 S76 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00031187

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Theories -- Cases. Rain runoff -- River management -- Flood protection & water conservation -- Green space -- Roadway --Architecture.

"Cities and towns with the contemporary high density patterns of development are suffering increasingly high risks of flooding. Eco-friendly urban planning and landscape architecture provides a solution in the new architectural context. Focusing on the stormwater management concept, the book introduces key techniques and skills in the water resilient urban design, illustrated with recently completed projects all around the world. In a sponge city, landscape architecture is perceived as a kind of infrastructure that is able to bring to us a low-carbon, smart, eco-friendly lifestyle."--Back cover

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