Aquatic Habitats in Sustainable Urban Water Management: Urban Water Series - UNESCO-IHP

by Iwona Wagner (Editor), Jiri Marsalek (Editor), Pascal Breil (Editor)

Overview

Aquatic habitats supply a wide range of vital ecosystem benefits to cities and their inhabitants. The unsustainable use of aquatic habitats, including inadequate urban water management itself, however, tends to alter and reduce their biodiversity and therewith diminish their ability to provide clean water, protect us from waterborne diseases and po

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498718059
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/21/2014
Series:	Urban Water Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Iwona Wagner, Jiri Marsalek, Pascal Breil

Table of Contents

List of Figures List of Tables Acronyms Glossary 1. Introduction to urban aquatic habitat management 2. Urban aquatic habitats: Characteristics and functioning 3. Strategies, policies and regulations integrating protection andrehabilitation of aquatic habitats in urban water management 4. Ecosensitive approaches to managing urban aquatic habitats and their integration with urban infrastructure 5. Aquatic habitat rehabilitation: Goals, constraints and techniques 6. Ecohydrology of urban aquatic ecosystems for healthy cities 7 Integrating aquatic habitat management into urban planning 8. Human health and safety related to urban aquatic habitats 9. Integrated management of urban aquatic habitats to enhancequality of life and environment in cities: Selected case studies Index