Constructed Wetlands and Sustainable Development

by Yu Kongjian, Gary Austin, Kongjian Yu

Book Overview

This book explains how with careful planning and design, the functions and performance of constructed wetlands can provide a huge range of benefits to humans and the environment. It documents the current designs and specifications for free water surface wetlands, horizontal and vertical subsurface flow wetlands, hybrid wetlands and bio retention basins; and explores how to plan, engineer, design and monitor these natural systems. Sections address...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138908991
• ISBN13: 9781138908994
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"