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Preface |
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Chapter 1 From taps to toilets and ponds to pipes-A paradigm shift in sustainable water engineering |
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1.2 Structure of this book |
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Chapter 2 Using the byzantine water supply of Constantinople to examine modern concepts of sustainability |
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2.3 Development of the water supply system |
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2.3.3 The end of the Byzantine water supply and the start of the Ottoman water supply |
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2.4 Was Constantinople a sustainable city? |
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2.4.1 Ecological modernism |
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2.4.2 Socio-technical systems |
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2.4.4 Sustainable development |
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2.5 Resilience vs sustainability |
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Chapter 3 Wholesome water, and natural water sources |
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3.2.1 Do not drink the water |
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3.3 Types of drinking water |
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3.3.2 Materials in contact with water |
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3.4 Drinking water standards |
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3.4.1 Different quality water supplies |
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3.4.2 Legionella and other plumbing related health problems |
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3.4.4 Chemicals for water treatment |
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3.4.5 Membranes for treating small volumes |
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3.4.6 Membranes for treating large volumes |
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3.5.2 Piped water supply systems |
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3.6 Questions of sustainability |
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Chapter 4 Sustainable greywater engineering |
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4.2 Approach to greywater systems engineering: policy and practice |
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4.3 Principles of sustainable greywater systems design |
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4.4 Significance for sustainability using chemical and biological standards for treated greywater quality enhancement and risk avoidance |
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4.5 Degree of consumer acceptance of greywater quality and control |
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Chapter 5 Technical and non-technical strategies for water efficiency in buildings |
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5.2 Water efficient fittings and products |
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5.2.1 Concepts and terminology |
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5.2.2 Design and performance specifications |
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5.2.3 Installation and maintenance |
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5.4 Further insights into the uptake of water efficient devices |
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Chapter 6 Cities running out of water |
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6.2 Cape town - a city that almost ran out of water |
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6.3 Why do cities run out of water? |
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6.4 Plans and practices for water-scarce cities |
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6.5 Water resilient cities |
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6.6 Governance and collaboration for water resilience |
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6.7 Planning and management for water resilience |
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6.8 Water resilient resources |
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6.9 Water resilient infrastructure |
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6.10 Water resilient usage |
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6.11 Water resilient wastewater treatment |
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Chapter 7 Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) disease prevention and control in low resource countries |
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7.2 History of the WASH concept |
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7.3 WASH and its relationship with the millennium and sustainable development goals (SDG) |
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7.4 Water supply, water quality and WASH-based diseases |
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7.5 Components of WASH and their relevance |
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7.5.1 The joint monitoring programme water ladder |
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7.6 Sanitation options and the management of waste |
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7.6.1 Faecal sludge management |
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7.6.2 The JMP sanitation ladder and management of excreta |
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7.7 WASH and health outcomes |
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7.9.1 Components of hygiene |
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7.10 WASH, gender and education |
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7.11 Stakeholders in WASH programmes |
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7.12 WASH achievements and benefits U5 |
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7.12.1 Sustaining WASH programmes |
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Chapter 8 Modelling of a rainwater harvesting system: Case studies of university college hospital, residential apartment and office block in Ibadan city, Nigeria |
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8.2 Performance of system component |
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8.3.4 The analysis of the rain cycle model |
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8.4 Results and discussion |
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8.4.1 Monte Carlo simulation |
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8.4.2 System detail (case study 1): a hospital block |
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8.4.3 System details (case study 2): a residential apartment |
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8.4.4 System details (case study 3): an office block |
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Chapter 9 Phytotechnologies in wastewater treatment: A low-cost option for developing countries |
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9.3 The origins of phytotechnologies |
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9.4 Mechanisms of phytoremediation |
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9.5 Merits and demerits of phytotechnologies |
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9.7 Examples of phytotechnologies in the treatment of various wastewaters in Nigeria |
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9.7.1 Wastewater from a tertiary hospital |
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9.7.2 Treatment of septic tank effluent |
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9.7.3 Water hyacinth, Typha and Phragmites polyculture for septic effluents and wastewaters in Abuja |
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9.7.4 Reed bed technology in industry |
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9.1.5 Examples of water hyacinth in conjunction with other reeds as a wastewater treatment |
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9.7.6 Treatment of leachates from municipal solid wastes |
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9.7.8 Treatment of miscellaneous wastewaters |
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9.8 Successful global phytotechnology applications |
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9.9 Lifecycle of phytotechnologies |
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9.10 Common mistakes in the application of phytotechnologies |
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9.11 Phytotechnologies and public health |
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9.12 The Future of phytotechnologies |
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Chapter 10 Sustainable drainage systems in highway drainage |
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10.1 Introduction and background |
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10.2 Conventional systems: Why is sustainability needed in highway drainage? |
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10.2.1 Conventional highway drainage systems |
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10.2.2 Sustainability and current highway drainage practices |
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10.3 Sources of contamination due to road runoff |
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10.3.1 Classification of runoff contaminants |
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10.4 Sources of runoff contamination |
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10.4.1 Pavement surfaces and construction materials |
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10.4.3 Pathways: Atmospheric deposition |
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10.5 Sustainable highway drainage |
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10.5.1 SuDS, highways and water quality |
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10.5.2 Treatment of highway runoff using SuDS |
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10.6 Highways and climate change |
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Chapter 11 Sustainable drainage, green and blue infrastructure in urban areas |
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11.2 What is blue green infrastructure? |
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11.3 The purpose of green and blue infrastructure in SuDS |
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11.3.1 Information required enabling SuDS design |
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11.3.2 Greenfield runoff rates and calculations |
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11.4 Integrating SuDS into the city |
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11.6 Case studies of the design and implementation of SuDS management trains |
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11.6.1 SuDS and scale: The city of Coventry, West Midlands |
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11.6.2 Case study 2: SuDS in challenging environments |
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11.7 Are SuDS actually "sustainable?" |
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Chapter 12 From umbrellas to sandbags--An Integration of flood risk management, engineering and social insights |
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12.2 Managing flood risk: A mosaic approach |
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12.3 Drivers of flood risk management |
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12.4 Catchment based flood management |
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12.5 But what about businesses and homeowners? |
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12.5.1 National strategy toward property level flood resilience |
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12.5.2 Drivers to property level flood resilience |
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12.5.3 Flood risk insurance |
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12.5.4 Relationship between growing rental sector and flood insurance |
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12.5.5 Community resilience |
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Chapter 13 Energy harvesting in water supply systems |
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13.1.1 Energy issues in WSS |
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13.2 Energy harvesting in WSS by micro and pico hydropower |
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13.3 Micro and pico hydropower technologies for water supply systems |
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13.1.2 Consolidated PAT technology and design |
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13.1.3 Other PAT technologies |
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13.1.4 Identifying potential power plant locations |
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13.4 Energy recovery: applications and case studies |
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13.4.1 Localization for fresh water supply |
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13.4.2 Localization for irrigation |
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Chapter 14 SSoft water engineering design approaches for urban revitalization in post-soviet housing estates |
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14.1 Soviet-era and post-regime urban planning and construction processes |
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14.2 Intra-urban transformations of post-socialist housing estates: water-related deficiencies |
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14.3 Developing sustainable water management through soft water engineering in post-socialist housing estates |
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14.3.1 Regenerating abandoned post-socialist industrial sites using GI and accessibility-based planning approaches |
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14.3.2 Integrating SuDS into post-socialist microraion neighbourhoods to address water management issues |
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14.3.3 Green-blue corridors integrating SuDS for water treatment in post-socialist quarters |
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14.4 Conclusions and recommendations |
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Chapter 15 Canals--The past, the present and potential futures |
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15.2.2 Canal growth in the industrial revolution |
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15.3 The present--canals in the 21st century |
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15.3.2 The European experience |
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15.3.3 Resurgence, restoration and regeneration |
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15.3.4 Water level management |
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15.3.5 Carbon emissions and climate change issues |
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15.3.6 Sourcing and conserving water supplies |
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15.4 Potential futures--climate proofing |
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Chapter 16 Towards sustainable water engineering: Insights and inferences for the future |
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16.2 Historical perspectives |
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16.3 Transport infrastructure |
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16.4 Water supply and demand |
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16.6 Retrofitting sustainable devices |
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16.7 Addressing climate change through sustainable water engineering |
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16.8 The future of sustainable water engineering |
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