Water index
Subtitle: design strategies for drought, flooding and contamination
By: Seth McDowell, editor
Publisher: University of Virginia
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781940291406
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Architecture and climate; Water and architecture; City planning; Environmental aspects; Watershed management; Water quality management
Description: "Highlights critical design projects from around the world that radically engage the fragile issues of drought, flooding, and contamination, revealing opportunistic, adaptive design strategies in response to the mounting global crisis.  Water Index is a collective vision of the future that provides solutions for every continent and spans the disciplines of urban design, landscape architecture and architecture." --from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.