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Blue and Green Cities

The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources

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Authors:
  1. Robert C. Brears

    1. Founder of Our Future Water, Christchurch, New Zealand

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  • Explores the need for alternatives to grey, “build-bigger-pipes” water management strategies
  • Considers the role of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources in an increasingly urbanised world
  • Illustrates how different cities have implemented green and blue infrastructure policies

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A completely revised and updated new edition of this successful book focused on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. Since the first edition published, nature-based solutions in general and blue-green infrastructure, in particular, have become a more recognised solution to various societal challenges, including mitigating climatic extremes in cities while restoring the natural environment and enhancing biodiversity. This new edition provides updated research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of BGI in managing water resources sustainably. In particular, the book contains case studies that illustrate how cities of differing climates, lifestyles and income levels have implemented policy innovations that promote the application of BGI in managing water, wastewater and stormwater sustainably to enhance resilience to climate change and reduce environmental degradation. The seven case studies are leading cities that have implemented various fiscal and non-fiscal policy tools to encourage the implementation of BGI on both public and private property to reduce stormwater runoff volumes, enhance the health of waterways, enhance resilience to climate change and meet regulatory requirements.






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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 1-4

  3. From Traditional Grey Infrastructure to Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 5-42

  4. Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 43-59

  5. Adaptive Management and Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 61-98

  6. Amsterdam Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 99-114

  7. Copenhagen Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 115-132

  8. Melbourne Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 133-154

  9. New York City Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 155-174

  10. Philadelphia Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 175-194

  11. San Francisco Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 195-217

  12. Singapore Becoming a Blue-Green City Through Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 219-236

  13. Best Practices and Conclusion

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 237-248

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 249-255
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Founder of Our Future Water, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Robert C. Brears

About the author

Robert C. Brears is the founder of Mitidaption, Mark and Focus, and is Director on the International Board of the Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture. He is the author of Urban Water Security (2016).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Blue and Green Cities

  • Book Subtitle: The Role of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources

  • Authors: Robert C. Brears

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41393-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41392-6Published: 04 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41395-7Due: 04 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41393-3Published: 03 October 2023

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 255

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Environmental Geography, Environment, general, Urban Studies/Sociology, Geography, general

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