Green Streetscape Design With Stormwater Management

Kot nova, v angleščini, o trajnostnem upravljanju meteornih voda v urbanih območjih.

Description
The first book about stormwater management utilized in urban streetscape design in China All the selected design cases are presented with rich design descriptions, plan drawings and beautiful photosAs people witness the effects of climate change - storms of greater frequency and severity - stormwater management in green streetscape design provides an added safeguard that can help mitigate flash flooding during these events. Green street design helps manage stormwater runoff to minimie the amount of pollutants that reach the waterways during rain storms. It also increases the safety and walkability of streets and beautify the city.This book provides a toolkit and reference of design projects for city agencies, contractors, and landscape designers to help them achieve their goals. Offering a detailed green streetscape design guideline with accompanying stormwater management methods, the book is augmented with selected design cases, presented with rich narratives, detailed plans and drawings, and beautiful photography. This book is an informative guide for practitioners to create an attractive, efficient and sustainable urban streetscape, while managing polluted stormwater and achieving a cleaner environment."
Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
Freek Loos, architect and urban planner, studied architecture at the Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam. He started his career at UNStudio, continued as director of Bureau B+B landscape architecture and urban planning, co-founded in 2009 studio LOOS vanVLIET in Haarlem, Netherlands. His work is characterized by combining landscape, urban planning, architecture and thinking sustainable. The scale of his project ranges from objects to area developments of tens of km2.

Martine van Vliet, co-founder of the studio, is an urban planner and landscape architect. She graduated from the IAHL in Boskoop / Velp in1995, studied urbanism on the Academy of Architecture from 1995 until 2001 and passed her state exam for both urban planning and landscape architecture. She works internationally on both urban planning, landscape and public space and on multiple scales. The identity and context of the place is often a starting point for the design. She works on bright and durable designs with innovative solutions in which detailing is essential. Plantations form an important part of the design.

Product information
Publisher Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd; 1st edition (15 Jun. 2016)
Language English
Hardcover 247 pages
ISBN-10 1864706457
ISBN-13 978-1864706451
Dimensions 25.53 x 2.74 x 30.51 cm