Urban sustainability and river restoration green and blue infrastructure - Perini, Katia; Sabbion, Paola (Hoboken, New Jersey John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2016)
Green and blue infrastructure in cities -- Climate change : mitigation and adaptation strategies -- Environmental and ecological imbalances in dense urban areas -- Water in urban areas : ecological and environmental issues and strategies -- Ecosystem services in urban areas : social, environmental, and economic benefits -- Green and blue infrastructure : vegetated systems -- Green and blue infrastructure : unvegetated systems -- Urban river restoration -- The Bronx River, USA : strategies and techniques -- Green and blue infrastructure top-down policies -- Bottom-up initiatives for green and blue infrastructure -- Selection of management practices and guidelines -- The Bronx River, USA : opportunities and policies.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Restoration ecology; Stream restoration; Sustainable development; Sustainable development -- Case studies; Urban runoff -- Management