Water Index

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.

subjects: Architecture and climate,  Water and architecture,  City planning,  Environmental aspects,  Watershed management,  Water quality management,  Water resources development,  Droughts,  Flood control,  Water-supply,  Water, pollution,  Architecture,  Conservation and restoration,  Water in landscape architecture,  Environment and ecology