Re-engineering cities as forces for good in the environment

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Engineering Sustainability

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-46

  Beck, M B ^a   Jiang, F ^b   Shi, F ^c   Villarroel Walker, R ^a   Osidele, O O ^d   Lin, Z ^e   Demir, I ^a   Hall, J W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Environmental Protection Division   (United States)

^c Delaware River Basin Commission   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e North Dakota State University   (United States)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sustainability; Urban regeneration; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATLANTA; CATCHMENT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATIONS; GEORGIA; SIMULATION STUDIES; SUBMODELS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN REGENERATION; WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; REENGINEERING; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77952942181     PISSN: 14784629     EISSN: 17517680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/ensu.2010.163.1.31     Document Type: Article

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