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Blue and Green Cities

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

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Robert C. Brears

    1. Founder of Mitidaption, 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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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. From Traditional Grey Infrastructure to Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 1-41

  3. Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 43-61

  4. Adaptive Management and Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 63-98

  5. Copenhagen Becoming a Blue-Green City

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 99-126

  6. New York City Becoming a Blue-Green City

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 127-152

  7. Philadelphia Becoming a Blue-Green City

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 153-181

  8. Rotterdam Becoming a Blue-Green City

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 183-204

  9. Singapore Becoming a Blue-Green City

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 205-230

  10. Washington D.C. Becoming a Blue-Green City

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 231-263

  11. Mini Case Studies of Cities Implementing Blue-Green Infrastructure

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 265-289

  12. Best Practices

    • Robert C. Brears
    Pages 291-301

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 303-318
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About this book

This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economic and environmental consequences. Brears explores the role urban water managers have in implementing blue-green infrastructure to reduce ecological damage and mitigate risk. The case studies in this book illustrate how cities, of differing climates, lifestyles and income-levels, have implemented policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water, wastewater and stormwater sustainably to reduce environmental degradation and enhance resilience to climate change. This new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably will be of interest to those working on water conservation and policy.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Founder of Mitidaption, 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).

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