Ali Moridi

Integrating the latest developments in urban water hydrology and management, Urban Water Engineering and Management takes a system approach to urban water hydrology, engineering, planning, and management, supplying examples and case studies, and highlighting pressing issues such as urban water governance, disaster management, and climate change impacts on urban areas. This expanded and updated edition draws attention to climate change how it impacts the water cycle. Time-series analysis is simplified in a practical manner, and hydro-informatics principles and applications in urban water are also added as unique features of this edition. Written and designed especially for intermediate and advanced courses/modules in water resources in civil and environmental engineering, and in urban planning, this book can be used as a textbook for civil engineering, urban and regional planning, geography, environmental science, and in courses dealing with the urban water cycle.Features:Is updated throughout and adds numerous new examples and case studies, addressing critical issues such as urban water governance, asset and disaster management, and the impacts of climate change on urban areas.Integrates the latest developments in urban water hydrology and management, providing a holistic system perspective on urban water engineering, and planning.Includes numerous examples, case studies, and technological and IT tools addressing critical issues such as urban water governance, asset and disaster management, and the impacts of climate change on urban areas.Offers new insights for engineers, policy-makers, and decision-makers, emphasizing the importance of integrated water management and planning solutions for sustainable urban development.

Dieses Buch tr gt zur Entwicklung einiger Simulationsmodelle und Tools zur Umweltvertr glichkeitspr fung bei, um anhand verf gbarer Felddaten und Sp laufzeichnungen den besten Zeitpunkt, die beste Konzentration und die beste Sp lrate von Reservoirsedimenten zu bestimmen. Der beste Zeitpunkt f r die Sp lung wird unter Ber cksichtigung der sozialen, kologischen und Wasserressourcenbeschr nkungen im Untersuchungsgebiet bestimmt, d. h. Zeitpunkt der Wasserentnahme f r landwirtschaftliche Aktivit ten, Zeitpunkt der Fischwanderung und maximaler Wasserstand im Stausee. Die optimale Dauer, Konzentration und Ableitung der Sp lung wird auf der Grundlage der kologischen Eigenschaften und der Flusskapazit t des Untersuchungsgebiets bestimmt. Die Umweltvertr glichkeitspr fung gibt die Schwere und Bedeutung der m glichen Auswirkungen einer Sp lung unter Ber cksichtigung der verschiedenen Sp lszenarien an. Die sozialen, kologischen und technischen Indizes werden f r verschiedene Szenarien der Sedimentsp lung berechnet. Die Variation des Abflusses und der Sedimentkonzentration entlang des Flusses wird mithilfe hydraulischer Modelle simuliert, die unterschiedliche Dauer, Konzentration und Abfluss f r die Sedimentsp lszenarien ber cksichtigen.

Ce livre contribue au d veloppement de quelques mod les de simulation et d'outils d' valuation de l'impact environnemental afin de d terminer le meilleur moment, la concentration et le taux de rin age des s diments du r servoir l'aide des donn es de terrain disponibles et des enregistrements de rin age. Le meilleur moment pour le rin age est d termin en tenant compte des limitations sociales, environnementales et des ressources en eau dans la zone d' tude, savoir le moment du pr l vement d'eau pour l'activit agricole, le moment de la migration des poissons et le niveau d'eau maximum dans le r servoir. La dur e, la concentration et le d bit optimaux des chasses sont d termin s en fonction des caract ristiques cologiques et de la capacit de charge de la rivi re de la zone d' tude. L' tude d'impact environnemental donne la gravit et l'importance des impacts possibles des chasses d'eau, en consid rant les diff rents sc narios de chasses. Les indices sociaux, cologiques et techniques sont calcul s pour diff rents sc narios de chasse s dimentaire. La variation du d bit et de la concentration des s diments le long de la rivi re est simul e l'aide de mod les hydrauliques prenant en compte diff rentes dur es, concentrations et d bits pour les sc narios de chasse des s diments.

In past decades, urban water management practices focused on optimizing the design and operation of water distribution networks, wastewater collection systems, and water and wastewater treatment plants. However, municipalities are now faced with aging urban water infrastructures whose operation must be improved and expanded to maintain current high standards of living as well as new challenges such as climate change, systems sustainability and water quality issues. Integrating the latest developments in urban water hydrology and management, Urban Water Engineering and Management takes a system approach to urban water hydrology, engineering, planning and management, supplying examples and case studies and highlighting pressing issues such as urban water governance, disaster management, and climate change impacts on urban areas. The book draws attention to climate change as a main concern of this century by focusing on its impact the components of water cycle.The book covers modeling of urban water cycle components, urban water supply, and distribution systems demand forecasting. It also presents classical issues, such as design of water distribution networks and wastewater and storm collection in urban settings, from a system's perspective. The text also includes a discussion of water governance and disaster management in urban areas and the urbanization effects on the environment and the needed water infrastructure development in urban areas. Against this background, the authors discuss the importance of understanding the principles of simulation, optimization, multiple-criterion decision making, and conflict resolution for successful, integrated urban water management. They explore integrated water management and planning solutions for incorporating structural and nonstructural means to achieve the best operational schemes at affordable costs, going beyond using the existing structures and physical limitations on water availability to include technical, social, political, and economic aspects of better water and wastewater management in urban areas. Written and designed especially for intermediate and advanced courses/modules in water resources in civil and environmental engineering, and in urban planning, the book can be used as a textbook for civil engineering, urban and regional planning, geography, environmental science, and in courses dealing with urban water cycle. It also introduces new horizons for engineers as well as policy and decision makers who plan for future urban water and regional sustainability. Engineers and planners, especially those who work on design, planning, and management of urban systems and/or community development, can use this book in practice because it deals with a broad range of real world urban water problems.