TY - BOOK ID - 33056542 TI - Blue and Green Cities : The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources PY - 2018 SN - 1137592575 1137592583 PB - London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Urban hydrology. KW - Municipal water supply KW - Urban hydrology KW - Cities and towns KW - Global cities KW - Municipalities KW - Towns KW - Urban areas KW - Urban systems KW - Human settlements KW - Sociology, Urban KW - Hydrology KW - Urban water KW - Water, Municipal KW - Water, Urban KW - Municipal engineering KW - Water-supply KW - Environmental aspects. KW - Government policy. KW - Government policy KW - Environmental aspects KW - Environment. KW - Sociology, Urban. KW - Sustainable architecture. KW - Environment Studies. KW - Hydrology/Water Resources. KW - Urban Studies/Sociology. KW - Environmental Geography. KW - Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. KW - Eco-architecture KW - Environmentally conscious architecture KW - Environmentally friendly architecture KW - Green architecture KW - Green building design KW - Green design (Buildings) KW - Sustainable design (Buildings) KW - Architecture KW - Sustainable design KW - Urban sociology KW - Hydrology. KW - Environmental geography. KW - Geography KW - Aquatic sciences KW - Earth sciences KW - Hydrography KW - Water KW - Balance of nature KW - Biology KW - Bionomics KW - Ecological processes KW - Ecological science KW - Ecological sciences KW - Environment KW - Environmental biology KW - Oecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Population biology KW - Ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33056542 AB - This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economic and environmental consequences. Brears explores the role urban water managers have in implementing blue-green infrastructure to reduce ecological damage and mitigate risk. The case studies in this book illustrate how cities, of differing climates, lifestyles and income-levels, have implemented policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water, wastewater and stormwater sustainably to reduce environmental degradation and enhance resilience to climate change. This new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably will be of interest to those working on water conservation and policy. Robert C. Brears is the founder of Mitidaption, Mark and Focus, and is Director on the International Board of the Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture. He is the author of Urban Water Security (2016). ER -