Water-sensitive urban design: Opportunities for the UK

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-76

  Ashley, Richard ^a   Lundy, Lian ^b   Ward, Sarah ^c   Shaffer, Paul ^d   Walker, Louise ^e   Morgan, Celeste ^f   Saul, Adrian ^a   Wong, Tony ^g   Moore, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Construction Industry Research and Information Association ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f AECOM   (United Kingdom)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings; Sewers drains; Structures design; Water supply

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; INTEGRATED WATER MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES; PLANNING AND DESIGN; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS;

BUILDINGS; WATER SUPPLY;

URBAN GROWTH;

BUILDING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887166866     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: 17517699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.12.00046     Document Type: Article

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