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Sponge City: Water Resource Management (English and French Edition)
Sophie Barbaux
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Description for Sponge City: Water Resource Management (English and French Edition)
Hardcover. Featuring projects carried out in France which demonstrate the concept of "Sponge City". Num Pages: 256 pages, 390 colour, 60 b&w. BIC Classification: AMV; RNFD; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 230. .
The term Sponge City refers to the idea of a city where its urban underground water system operates like a sponge to absorb, store, leak and purify rainwater, and release it for reuse when necessary. The book comprises 41 projects of urban landscape architecture, showing the exploration of the role of water management in urban spatial planning. Text in English and French. Water as a resource is irreplaceable. Yet heavy rainfall can become an absolute disaster - even in modern cities - if rainwater is not drained out in time. A great deal of effort in water resource ... Read more
The term Sponge City refers to the idea of a city where its urban underground water system operates like a sponge to absorb, store, leak and purify rainwater, and release it for reuse when necessary. The book comprises 41 projects of urban landscape architecture, showing the exploration of the role of water management in urban spatial planning. Text in English and French. Water as a resource is irreplaceable. Yet heavy rainfall can become an absolute disaster - even in modern cities - if rainwater is not drained out in time. A great deal of effort in water resource ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Images Publishing Dist Ac
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia
ISBN
9781864706581
SKU
V9781864706581
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About Sophie Barbaux
As a landscape architect, Sophie Barbaux is also very keen on Contemporary Visual Arts and performing arts, which is closely related to her work. Her books, just like her designs, naturally combine a variety of different disciplines with all kinds of cultural elements, which fill her books with experimental and creative characteristics.
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