tailieunhanh - ROOFTOPS TO RIVERS: Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows

The call for sustainable development has been even more urgent for Asian countries where majority of economic growth is happening and where two of the most populous countries in the world--- China and India--- are located. Anderson and Brooks (1996) note the implications of having the two most populous cities of the world in Asia---- the exponential increase in pollution levels given the magnitude of economic activity in the area, as well as the alarming damage it may cause to human beings given the high population level in the region. In spite of the magnitude of importance of. | ROOFTOPS TO RIVERS Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows Project Design and Direction Nancy Stoner Natural Resources Defense Council Authors Christopher Kloss Low Impact Development Center Crystal Calarusse University of Maryland School of Public Policy Natural Resources Defense Council June 2006 ABOUT NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council is a national nonprofit environmental organization with more than million members and online activists. Since 1970 our lawyers scientists and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world s natural resources public health and the environment. NRDC has offices in NewYork City Washington . Los Angeles San Francisco and Beijing. Visit us at . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NRDC wishes to acknowledge the support of The McKnight Foundation The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Joyce Foundation The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Inc. The Marpat Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Prince Charitable Trusts The Mary Jean Smeal Family Fund The Brico Fund Inc. The Summit Fund of Washington The Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation and The Jelks Family Foundation Inc. NRDC Director of Communications Phil Gutis NRDC Publications Manager Alexandra Kennaugh NRDC Publications Editor Lisa Goffredi Production Bonnie Greenfield Cover Photo 2006 Corbis. View of Arlington Virginia seen from across the Potomac River in Washington . Copyright 2006 by the Natural Resources Defense Council. For additional copies of this report send plus shipping and handling to NRDC Reports Department 40 West 20th Street New York NY 10011. California residents must add sales tax. Please make checks payable to NRDC in . dollars. This report is printed on paper that is 100 percent post-consumer recycled fiber processed chlorine free. CONTENTS Peer Reviewers iv Executive Summary v Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 The Growing Problem of Urban Stormwater 2 Chapter 3 .

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