Iwa publishing jun 2020 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 2014, China initiated its national action plan for sponge city construction aiming to tackle urban water and environmental challenges. Since then, numerous projects have been implemented across 30 pilot cities and beyond in China through two development stages.The sponge city development, based on a systematic approach of 'source reduction, process control, and systematic remediation', adopts comprehensive technical measures of 'infiltration, detention, retention, purification, reuse and discharge', and coordinates the different aspects of water quantity and quality, ecology and safety, centralized and decentralized, green and grey, landscape and function, on-shore and off-shore, surface and underground, etc. It aims to control urban rainfall runoff effectively, to minimize the impacts of urban development and construction activities on the natural hydrological characteristics and water ecological environment, to enable the cityâ s resilience like a â spongeâ to adapt to the environmental changes and natural disasters. This assessment standard for sponge city construction effects published by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of P.R. China is an attempt to provide guidance on the assessment of the effects of sponge city construction projects and the city development as a whole.The main technical contents of this standard include: 1) general provisions; 2) terms and symbols; 3) basic requirements; 4) assessment items and 5) assessment methods. The publication of the English version of the Chinese assessment standard aims to provide non-Chinese readers an insight into what objectives are to be achieved through sponge city development and how sponge city projects are evaluated in China.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Achieving true wholesome sustainability requires a change of heart. Hence this book starts in the heart. It asks the timely question of ?how do we become true water stewards ? The transformation to a new sustainable practice will be made through a new connection with our heart, a more holistic type of analysis (brains) and the right actions based on personal integrity (hand). A water steward should be similar to the shepherds of olden days. They were given the responsibility to guard the sheep. The village trusted they would take care of the herd, make sure it would be well fed, protected from storms and kept together. The shepherd learned to take a long term perspective for the herd, ensuring that the pastures were not overgrazed, that the herd was not led too far away from access to water and that shelter was in reach in the event of storms and dangerous predators. Over time the shepherds became increasingly skilled in caring for the herd. They integrated the responsibility of the well-being of the herd into their identity. In a similar way, we can take the responsibility for human water consumption and our interaction with the natural world. We need to understand and work according to the big picture and the very long term perspective. Being a water steward requires deep reflection of how water should be treated and our relationship with water. Water utility professionals have the knowledge and have been trusted with the role of managing human water consumption. This is a great responsibility and requires deep reflection of how this should be done. The book will present ideas and concepts for the new role as well as questions for personal reflection.…