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New/old ways for storm water: learning from the history

HLAVÍNEK, P.

Original Title

New/old ways for storm water: learning from the history

English Title

New/old ways for storm water: learning from the history

Type

Abstract

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 the water. Even though some was slowly forgotten, it has been revealed how our ancestors were inventive. In the paper 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 the water. Even though some was slowly forgotten, it has been revealed how our ancestors were inventive. In the paper ancient techniques used for storm water management thousand years before Christ are described and their reinvention for modern cities is discussed.

Keywords

stormwater, management, retention, infiltration, urban area

Key words in English

stormwater, management, retention, infiltration, urban area

Authors

HLAVÍNEK, P.

Released

13.06.2007

Publisher

IWHA

Location

Finsko, Tampere

ISBN

978-951-44-6971-8

Book

5th IWHA CONFERENCE Tampere Finland 2007 Pasts and Futures of Water

Pages from

101

Pages to

101

Pages count

1

BibTex

@misc{BUT60963,
  author="Petr {Hlavínek}",
  title="New/old ways for storm water: learning from the history",
  booktitle="5th IWHA CONFERENCE Tampere Finland 2007 Pasts and Futures of Water",
  year="2007",
  edition="1",
  pages="101--101",
  publisher="IWHA",
  address="Finsko, Tampere",
  isbn="978-951-44-6971-8",
  note="Abstract"
}