Screen LibrarySustainable surface water management : a handbook for SUDS /
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
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| Publisher Address: | Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118897690 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 409 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118897683 (electronic bk.) 1118897684 (electronic bk.) 9781118897676 (pdf) 1118897676 (pdf) 9781118897690 1118897692 |
| Index Number: | TD657 |
| CLC: | X703 |
| Contents: |
Title Page ; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Editors; Section 1 Introduction to the Book; Chapter 1 An Overture of Sustainable Surface Water Management; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Surface Water Management; 1.3 Sustainable Surface Water Management; 1.4 Organisation of the Book; References; Section 2 Sustainable Surface Water Management in Context ; Chapter 2 Back to the Future? History and Contemporary Application of Sustainable Drainage Techniques; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 'Sustainability'?; 2.3 Rainwater Harvesting in Antiquity; 2.4 Water Quality Improvement 2.5 Water Quantity Reduction: Sub-Surface Drainage 2.6 Water Storage; 2.7 Reduction in Water Demand: Greywater Recycling; 2.8 Reducing Water Velocity; 2.9 Non-Structural Approaches to Sustainable Water Management ; 2.10 Conclusions; References; Chapter 3 Surface Water Strategy, Policy and Legislation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Legislative Hierarchies; 3.3 Case Study - The United Kingdom; 3.4 Comparison of UK Approaches with Other Countries; 3.5 Conclusions; References; Chapter 4 Sustainable Drainage Systems: Operation and Maintenance; 4.1 Introduction 4.2 What is Operation and Maintenance and Why is it Important?4.3 Inspection, Reporting and Maintenance; 4.4 Maintenance Schedules and Planned Maintenance; 4.5 Other Considerations that Will Impact on Maintenance; 4.6 Conclusions; References; Section 3 Functions of Sustainable Drainage Systems ; Chapter 5 Water Quantity: Attenuation of the Storm Peak; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Conventional Drainage, Water Flow and Volume; 5.3 Existing Flood Management; 5.4 Water Quantity; 5.5 History of SuDS Implementation; 5.6 The Management Train; 5.7 Retrofit; 5.8 New Build; 5.9 Flow Control; 5.10 Conclusions 7.3 SuDS and How They Support Biodiversity7.4 Involving People; 7.5 Designing SuDS for People and Wildlife; 7.6 SuDS Management Trains and Their Wildlife Benefits; 7.7 Community Managed and Wildlife-Rich SuDS -- a Case Study of Springhill Cohousing, Stroud, Gloucestershire ; References; Chapter 8 Amenity: Delivering Value for Society; 8.1 Emergence of the Amenity Concept; 8.2 Amenity, Recreation and Biodiversity in the Built Environment; 8.3 SuDS Amenity and Sustainable Development; 8.4 Reviewing the Public Perception of the Concept of Amenity and SuDS; 8.5 Conclusions; References |