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Urban Stormwater and Flood Management

Enhancing the Liveability of Cities

  • Provides valuable information facilitating the understanding of storm water management and flood mitigation
  • Forms a basis for the development of a framework for the implementation of integrated and optimised stormwater management strategies
  • Aims to mitigate the adverse impacts of the expanding urban water footprint
  • Features chapters on global past and present storm water practices
  • Discusses global initiatives and describes the management styles of storm water and flooding

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Introduction to Urban Stormwater: A Global Perspective

    • John van Leeuwen, John Awad, Baden Myers, David Pezzaniti
    Pages 1-28
  3. Stormwater Harvesting and Flood Mitigation: A UK Perspective

    • Doug Warner, Kathy Lewis, John Tzilivakis
    Pages 29-47
  4. Urban Water Quality

    • Buddhi Wijesiri, Ashantha Goonetilleke
    Pages 49-68
  5. Recycling and Treatment of Water Under Urban Intensification

    • Rupak Aryal, Arturo Aburto Medina, Andrew S. Ball, Veeriah Jegatheesan, Felicity Roddick, Jaya Kandasamy et al.
    Pages 103-117
  6. Stormwater Harvesting

    • Kathy Lewis, Doug Warner, John Tzilivakis
    Pages 119-137
  7. Urban Stormwater and Flood Management

    • Kevin Spence, Jonathan Bridge, Duncan McLuckie, Jaya Kandasamy
    Pages 139-157
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 187-199

About this book

This book brings together the experiences of engineers and scientists from Australia and the United Kingdom providing the current status on the management of stormwater and flooding in urban areas and suggesting ways forward. It forms a basis for the development of a framework for the implementation of integrated and optimised storm water management strategies and aims to mitigate the adverse impacts of the expanding urban water footprint. Among other topics it also features management styles of stormwater and flooding and describes biodiversity and ecosystem services in relation to the management of stormwater and the mitigation of floods. Furthermore, it places an emphasis on sustainable storm water management measures. 

Population growth, urbanisation and climate change will pose significant challenges to engineers, scientists, medical practitioners, policy makers and practitioners of several other disciplines. If we consider environmental and water engineers, they will have to face challenges in designing smart and efficient water systems which are robust and resilient to overcome shrinking green spaces, increased urban heat islands, damages to natural waterways due to flooding caused by increased stormwater flow. This work provides valuable information for practitioners and students at both senior undergraduate and postgraduate levels.


Editors and Affiliations

  • RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

    Veeriah Jegatheesan

  • Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Ashantha Goonetilleke

  • University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    John van Leeuwen, Baden Myers

  • University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Australia

    Jaya Kandasamy

  • AERU, Hatfield, UK

    Doug Warner

  • School of Engineering, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

    Muhammed Bhuiyan

  • Department of the Natural and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK

    Kevin Spence

  • School of Civil Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

    Geoffrey Parker

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eBook USD 119.00
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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