Aquatic habitats in sustainable urban water management: science, policy and practice/ (Record no. 151458)
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International Standard Book Number | 9789231040627 |
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Transcribing agency | CUS |
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Classification number | 639.9 |
Item number | WAG/A |
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Title | Aquatic habitats in sustainable urban water management: science, policy and practice/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | edited by Iwona Wagner, Jiri Marsalek and Pascal Breil |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Paris: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | UNESCO, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2008. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xxiii, 229 p. : |
Other physical details | ill., maps ; |
Dimensions | 26 cm. |
440 ## - SERIES | |
Title | (Urban water series) ; |
Volume/sequential | v. 4. |
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Formatted contents note | Foreword<br/>List of Figures<br/>List of Tables<br/>Acronyms<br/>Glossary<br/>1 Introduction to urban aquatic habitats management<br/>1.1 Impact of global processes on water resources in cities<br/>1.2 Aquatic habitats in integrated urban water management: How are they managed and mismanaged?<br/>1.3 Comments on urban aquatic habitat management: Restoration, preservation, rehabilitation or remediation?<br/>1.4 Structure of this book<br/>2 Urban aquatic habitats: Characteristics and functioning<br/>2.1 Characteristics of aquatic habitats<br/>2.2 Human modifications of aquatic habitats<br/>2.2.1 Flow regime <br/>2.2.2 Physical habitat structure<br/>2.2.3 Biotic interactions <br/>2.2.4 Food (energy) sources<br/>2.2.5 Chemical variables (water quality)<br/>2.2.6 Factor interdependencies<br/>2.3 Background on aquatic ecosystem functioning<br/>2.3.1 Conceptual model of aquatic ecosystem functioning<br/>2.3.2 Definition of objectives for preservation or rehabilitation of aquatic ecosystems<br/>2.3.3 Selecting preservation or rehabilitation measures<br/>3 Strategies, policies and regulations integrating protection and rehabilitation of aquatic habitats in urban water management<br/>3.1 Strategies for protection and rehabilitation of urban aquatic habitats<br/>3.1.1 Sustainable development<br/>3.1.2 Ecosystem approach <br/>3.1.3 Measuring progress towards sustainability: Criteria and indicators<br/>3.1.3.1 UN Division for Sustainable Development indicators (2006)<br/>3.1.3.2 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI): Yale University and Columbia University, 2005<br/>3.1.3.3 Pillar-based sustainability criteria<br/>3.1.4 Urban environmental management approaches <br/>3.1.4.1 Low impact development (LID) <br/>3.1.4.2 Total management of the urban water cycle (TMUWC)<br/>3.1.4.3 Soft path for water <br/>3.2 Regulations and policies driving the implementation of strategies for urban aquatic habitats protection and rehabilitation <br/>3.2.1 Approaches focusing on aquatic habitat protection <br/>3.2.2 Approaches focusing on water quality protection<br/>3.2.3 Integrated regulations and policies addressing aquatic habitats<br/>3.2.4 Additional observations concerning developing countries<br/>3.2.5 Emerging challenges<br/>4 Ecosensitive approaches to managing urban aquatic habitats and their integration with urban infrastructure<br/>4.1 Urban water cycle and aquatic habitats<br/>4.2 Habitat interactions with water supply<br/>4.2.1 Managing water import into urban areas <br/>4.2.2 Impacts on aquatic habitats imposed by water reservoirs<br/>4.3 Habitat interactions with urban drainage and flood protection <br/>4.3.1 Urban drainage: Problem definition and needs for management<br/>4.3.1.1 Urban drainage impacts on aquatic habitats <br/>4.3.1.2 Overview of aquatic life support conditions in urban waters impacted by stormwater discharges<br/>4.3.1.3 Need for stormwater management <br/>4.3.2 Urban drainage: Stormwater management goals <br/>4.3.3 Tools for effective stormwater management <br/>4.3.3.1 Guidelines and targets <br/>4.3.3.2 Technological measures (BMPs)<br/>4.3.4 Promotion of modern stormwater management<br/>4.3.5 Flood protection <br/>4.4 Habitat interactions with wastewater management and sanitation systems<br/>4.4.1 Basic demands on wastewater management systems <br/>4.4.2 Wastewater systems without separation of waste streams at the source<br/>4.4.3 Water and wastewater reuse for environmental benefits<br/>4.4.4 Technology and site selection<br/>4.5 Concludingobservations<br/>5 Aquatic habitat rehabilitation: Goals, constraints and techniques<br/>5.1 Assessing the ecological potential of the river<br/>5.1.1 Buffering mechanisms <br/>5.1.2 Methods for river state assessment<br/>5.1.2.1 Bioassessment<br/>5.1.2.2 Physical and geomorphological assessment <br/>5.2 Techniques in urban river rehabilitation <br/>5.2.1 Rehabilitation of hydrological dynamics of river habitats<br/>5.2.1.1 Attenuation of peaks flows using in-catchment or on-watercourse storage reservoirs <br/>5.2.1.2 Managing the high flow regime in floodplains and riverbeds <br/>5.2.1.3 Assurance of minimum flows during dry weather <br/>5.2.1.4 Flattening of the river longitudinal grade <br/>5.2.2 Rehabilitation of the physical structure of river habitats<br/>5.2.2.1 Re-meandering straight watercourse sections<br/>5.2.2.2 Bank management and maintenance<br/>5.2.3 Reconstruction of biotic structure <br/>5.2.3.1 In-stream vegetation: The use of aquatic plants<br/>5.2.3.2 Bank and riparian vegetation: The role of land/water ecotones<br/>5.2.4 Phytoremediation 86<br/>5.2.5 Increasing capacity of urban habitats for water and nutrients retentiveness <br/>5.3 Improving the likelihood of success in the implementation of rehabilitation projects <br/>6 Ecohydrology of urban aquatic ecosystems for healthy cities<br/>6.1 Introduction<br/>6.2 Ecohydrology concept and principles<br/>6.2.1 Genesis of the concept<br/>6.2.2 Creating opportunities for the degraded environment<br/>6.3 Ecohydrology for the urban environment<br/>6.4 Multidimensional benefits of the ecohydrological approach for the urban environment and the society<br/>6.5 Implementation of the ecohydrological approach<br/>7 Integrating aquatic habitat management into urban planning<br/>7.1 Biodiversity and the emergence of sustainable development<br/>practices in urban landscape planning <br/>7.2 The need for inventories of aquatic habitats <br/>7.3 Incorporating wetlands and rivers into urban planning and layout <br/>7.4 The role of aquatic habitats in facilitating urban biodiversity conservation <br/>7.5 Trading ecosystem integrity with provision of goods and services in an urban context <br/>7.6 Use and application of ecological buffer areas in the management of urban aquatic ecosystems<br/>7.6.1 Defining ecological buffers <br/>7.6.2 The function of ecological buffers <br/>7.6.3 Defining buffer width <br/>7.6.4 The moderating effect of urban layout and land-use on requirements for buffers <br/>7.6.5 Realities of implementing requirements for buffer areas <br/>7.7 Tols to assist in the integration of and tradeoffs between social, ecological and economic requirements in urban areas <br/>7.8 Conclusions <br/>8 Human health and safety related to urban aquatic habitats<br/>8.1 Introduction <br/>8.2 Water bodies as sources of raw water and wastewater sinks<br/>8.3 Microbiological risks and their control <br/>8.3.1 Drinking water <br/>8.3.2 Bathing waters <br/>8.3.3 Disease vectors <br/>8.4 Chemical risks and their control <br/>8.4.1 Anthropogenic compounds <br/>8.4.2 Algal toxins <br/>8.4.3 Sewage sludge use as an option for the control of chemical risks <br/>8.5 Drowning and other water-related risks of aquatic habitats <br/>8.6 Integrated water risk management <br/>8.6.1 General <br/>8.6.2 Water Safety Plans (WSP) <br/>8.6.3 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) <br/>8.7 Conclusions <br/>9 Integrated management of urban aquatic habitats to enhance quality of life and environment in cities: Selected case studies<br/>9.1 Introduction<br/>9.2 Moddergat river rehabilitation and flood management project Cape Town, South Africa <br/>9.2.1 Background<br/>9.2.2 Key issues in the aquatic habitat<br/>9.2.3 Project objectives and method of implementation <br/>9.2.4 Project results <br/>9.2.5 Stakeholders and their roles in the project <br/>9.2.6 Conclusion and recommendations<br/>9.3 Rehabilitation of the Wasit Nature Reserve, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates <br/>9.3.1 Background<br/>9.3.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management <br/>9.3.3 Objectives of the case study <br/>9.3.4 Implementation of the project and involved stakeholders <br/>9.3.5 Project results <br/>9.3.6 Conclusion and recommendations <br/>9.4 The ecohydrological dimension of small urban river management for stormwater and pollution loads mitigation: Lodz, Poland <br/>9.4.1 Background <br/>9.4.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management<br/>9.4.3 Objectives of the project <br/>9.4.4 Project implementation and results <br/>9.4.5 Stakeholders and their roles in the project <br/>9.5 Integrating ecological and hydrological issues into urban planning in the Adige River fluvial corridor, Italy <br/>9.5.1 Background<br/>9.5.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management<br/>9.5.3 Objectives of the case Study <br/>9.5.4 Project results<br/>9.5.5 Project implementation <br/>9.5.6 Stakeholders and their roles in the project <br/>9.5.7 Conclusion and recommendations <br/>9.6 Assessing Stream bio-assimilation capacity to cope with combined sewer overflows, Lyon, France <br/>9.6.1 Background <br/>9.6.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management <br/>9.6.3 Objectives of the case study<br/>9.6.4 First steps of implementation: assessment of bio-assimilation capacity <br/>9.6.5 Project results <br/>9.6.6 Stakeholders and their roles in the project <br/>9.6.7 Conclusions and recommendations<br/>9.7 Optimization of the river hydrological regime to maintain floodplain wetland biodiversity, Lobau Biosphere reserve, Vienna, Austria <br/>9.7.1 Background<br/>9.7.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management<br/>9.7.3 Objectives of the case study <br/>9.7.4 Expected results<br/>9.7.5 Project implementation and stakeholders<br/>9.7.6 Conclusion and recommendations<br/>9.8 Integrated management of aquatic habitats: Urban Biosphere Reserve (UBR) approach for the Omerli Watershed, Istanbul, Turkey<br/>9.8.1 Background <br/>9.8.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management<br/>9.8.3 Objectives of the case study<br/>9.8.4 Expected results<br/>9.8.5 Project implementation and stakeholders<br/>9.8.6 Conclusion and recommendations <br/>9.9 Description of the ecology and water management in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona, USA <br/>9.9.1 Background <br/>9.9.2 Key aquatic habitat issues in urban water management <br/>9.9.3 Objectives of the case study <br/>9.9.4 Potential stakeholders <br/>9.9.5 Expected results <br/>9.9.6 Conclusions <br/>Index |
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Keyword | Municipal water supply--Management |
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Keyword | Ecohydrology |
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Keyword | Aquatic ecology |
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Keyword | Aquatic habitats |
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Personal name | Wagner, Iwona |
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Personal name | Marsalek, Jiri |
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Personal name | Breil, Pascal |
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Koha item type | General Books |
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