{"product_id":"urban-sustainability-and-river-restoration-isbn-9781119244967","title":"Urban Sustainability and River Restoration","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrban Sustainability and River Restoration: Green and Blue Infrastructure\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e considers the integration of green and blue infrastructure in cities as a strategy useful for acting on causes and effects of environmental and ecological issues. River restoration projects are unique opportunities for sustainable development and smart growth of communities, providing multiple environmental, economic, and social benefits.This book analyzes initiatives and actions carried out and developed to improve environmental conditions in cities and better understand the environmental impact of (and in) dense urban areas in the United States and in Europe. \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart a Definition of the Issue 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Green and Blue Infrastructure in Cities 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Definitions 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Economic and environmental benefits 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Climate Change: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies 10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Climate change and sustainable development 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Impacts and risks in (of) urban areas 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Mitigation and adaptation strategies 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Environmental and Ecological Imbalances in Dense Urban Areas 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Sustainable urban design 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Imbalances in cities 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Benefits connected to vegetation 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Water in Urban Areas: Ecological and Environmental Issues and Strategies 26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Urbanisation and the water cycle 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Perspectives and strategies 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Ecosystem Services in Urban Areas – Social, Environmental, and Economic Benefits 36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Human activities and ecosystems 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Green and blue infrastructure supporting ecosystem health 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Economic value of urban ecosystems 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart B Strategies and Techniques 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Green and Blue Infrastructure – Vegetated Systems 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The role of GBI vegetation 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Multifunctional ecological systems in urban areas 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Vegetative biofilters 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Infiltration basins 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Bioretention Systems 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Wetland ponds 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Green roofs 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Green and Blue Infrastructure – Unvegetated Systems 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Unvegetated green and blue infrastructure 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Water squares 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Porous paving\/pervious paving 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Infiltration trenches 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Treatment train 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Urban River Restoration 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Watershed processes and functions 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Degraded river ecosystems 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Techniques and strategies for river restoration 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Restoring connectivity within urbanised areas 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.1 The Bronx River, USA – Strategies and Techniques 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.1 Context 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.2 Ecological and environmental issues 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1.3 Strategies, techniques and results 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.2 Los Angeles River, USA – Strategies and Techniques 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.1 Context 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.2 Ecological and environmental issues 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2.3 Strategies and techniques 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.3 Madrid Río, Spain – Strategies and Techniques 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.1 Context 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.2 Ecological and environmental issues 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3.3 Strategies, techniques, and results 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.4 Paillon River, France – Strategies and Techniques 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.1 Context 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.2 Ecological and environmental issues 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4.3 Strategies, techniques, and results 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.5 River Thames, England – Strategies and Technique 138\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.1 Context 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.2 Ecological and environmental issues 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5.3 Strategies and techniques 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.6 Emscher River, Germany – Strategies and Techniques 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.1 Context 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.2 Ecological and environmental issues 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6.3 Strategies, techniques, and results 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart C Opportunities and Policies 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Green and Blue Infrastructure Top‐Down Policies 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 European environmental and water policy 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 American environmental and water policy 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Bottom‐Up Initiatives for Green and Blue Infrastructure 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Bottom‐up and top‐down approaches 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Bottom‐up initiatives in the United States 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Bottom‐up initiatives in the European Union 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Selection of Management Practices and Guidelines 190\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Sustainable urban development 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Best Management Practices (BMPs) 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) strategies 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Low Impact Development (LID) 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.1 The Bronx River, USA – Opportunities and Policies 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.1 Project development 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.2 The greenway 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1.3 Policies and local community 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.2 Los Angeles River, USA – Opportunities and Policies 214\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.1 River revitalization plans 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.2 Costs and benefits 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2.3 Community involvement 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.3 Madrid Río, Spain – Opportunities and Policies 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.1 Project development 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3.2 Project costs and benefits 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.4 Paillon River, France – Opportunities and Policies 235\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.1 Framework of French water policies 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4.2 Local policies and projects 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.5 River Thames, England – Opportunities and Policies 244\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.1 Water policy framework and planning strategies 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.2 Local policies and projects 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5.3 Project costs and benefits 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13.6 Emscher River, Germany – Opportunities and Policies 256\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6.1 Project development 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6.2 Policies and participation 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6.3 Project costs and benefits 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatia Perini \u003c\/b\u003eis adjunct professor and postdoctoralresearch fellow at the Scuola Politecnica – Università degli Studi di Genova, Department of Architectural Sciences. Her research focuses on environmental sustainability and on integration of vegetation as means to restore the environmental quality of urban areas. She has been a guest researcher at the Delft University of Technology (CITG, Department of Materials \u0026amp; Environment). She was selected as a Fulbright grantee, under the Fulbright-Schuman Program, with a research project regarding the sustainability of urban areas with New York City as case study; the research was conducted at the Urban Design Lab of the Earth Institute of Columbia University (NY, USA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaola Sabbion \u003c\/b\u003eis lecturer and post-doc researcher at the University of Genoa, Polytechnic School, Department of Sciences for Architecture. She has researched degraded landscapes and was winner of a Research Fellowship at UrbanLab, Municipality of Genoa Urban Planning Office, with the advisory of Richard Burdett, London School of Economics. Paola works as tutor at different international workshops to the students of the Master's degree in Landscape Architecture (i.e.: Workshop: \"Grossraschen Lake District\", Cottbus (Germany), in collaboration with IBA - Internationale Bauausstellung, and Workshop: \"Mies van der Rohe: Mediterranean Cities\", in collaboration with UNIGE and UPC Barcelona). In 2012 Paola is winner of a PhD grant based on funds from MIUR (Ministero Istruzione Università Ricerca) by Italian government.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990441181413,"sku":"NP9781119244967","price":130.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119244967.jpg?v=1761787841","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/urban-sustainability-and-river-restoration-isbn-9781119244967","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}