Publication result detail

Outline of the history of storm water harvesting

HLAVÍNEK, P.

Original Title

Outline of the history of storm water harvesting

English Title

Outline of the history of storm water harvesting

Type

Chapter in a book

Original Abstract

People in ancient civilization knew how to manipulate with storm water, they drained the water away from their dwellings or they used to retain and used to retain and used the water. Even though some was slowly forgotten, it has been revealed how our ancestors were inventive. In the presented chapter ancient techniques used for storm water management thousand years before Christ are described and their reinvention for modern cities is discussed.

English abstract

People in ancient civilization knew how to manipulate with storm water, they drained the water away from their dwellings or they used to retain and used to retain and used the water. Even though some was slowly forgotten, it has been revealed how our ancestors were inventive. In the presented chapter ancient techniques used for storm water management thousand years before Christ are described and their reinvention for modern cities is discussed.

Keywords

storm water, pollution

Key words in English

storm water, pollution

Authors

HLAVÍNEK, P.

RIV year

2014

Released

29.11.2013

Publisher

Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Civil Engineering

Location

Košice, Slovenská republika

ISBN

978-80-553-1492-1

Book

Hydrologic risks - floods and droughts

Edition

1

Pages from

9

Pages to

15

Pages count

7

BibTex

@inbook{BUT105983,
  author="Petr {Hlavínek}",
  title="Outline of the history of storm water harvesting",
  booktitle="Hydrologic risks - floods and droughts",
  year="2013",
  publisher="Technical University of Košice, Faculty of Civil Engineering",
  address="Košice, Slovenská republika",
  series="1",
  edition="1",
  pages="9--15",
  isbn="978-80-553-1492-1"
}