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Summary
Summary
" Design for Flooding contains considerable useful information for practitioners and students. Watson and Adams fill the void for new thinking...and they advance our ability to create more sustainable, regenerative, and resilient places." --Landscape Architecture Magazine
Author Notes
DONALD WATSON , FAIA, an architect and planner, is former chair of the Yale School of Architecture Environmental Design Program, and former professor and dean of the School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He received the 2002 ACSA Distinguished Professor Award and the 2005 AARC Haecker Leadership Award for Architectural Research. His publications include Climatic Building Design , winner in the Architecture and Urban Planning category of the American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence.
MICHELE ADAMS, P.E., a water resources engineer, is principal and founder of Meliora Environmental Design in Kimberton, Pennsylvania. Her work encompasses environ- mentally sensitive site design and sustainable water resources engineering.
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Choice Review
How can one turn flooding into an opportunity for improving and conserving water resources. That is the premise of this book on urban planning under climate change. In these times of frequent severe weather events, the design of buildings and living spaces does have an effect on the climate, and a new, intelligent approach is needed to manage the water resources in communities. Architect Watson (formerly, chair, Yale School of Architecture, environmental design program) and water resources engineer Adams (founder, Meliora Environmental Design) present such an approach in four parts. Part 1 introduces the basic principles of hydrology. The second part explores the connection between water and the natural landscape, including previous ill-designed approaches to deal with excess water as well as more intelligent and "green" designs to deal with inland flooding. The third section presents flood-resistant designs. The last section introduces the concept of resilient design as a proactive approach to sustainably manage water resources under climate change risks. The book includes many diagrams and tables that clarify and illustrate the points that the authors make throughout. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. E. Gomezdelcampo Bowling Green State University
