This manual is written to help engineers, aid and agency workers understand drainage problems more clearly, so that they can work towards finding practical solutions.
Title | Storm drainage : an engineering guide to the evaluation of low-cost systems |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1998 |
Authors | Kolsky, P |
Pagination | x, 134 p. : fig., tab. |
Date Published | 1998-01-01 |
Publisher | IT Publications |
Place Published | London, UK |
ISBN Number | 1853394327 |
Keywords | catchment areas, floods, low-income communities, manuals, runoff, sdisan, sdiurb, storm drainage, urban areas |
Abstract | This manual is written to help engineers, aid and agency workers understand drainage problems more clearly, so that they can work towards finding practical solutions. It focuses on three questions of particular relevance to low-income urban areas in developing countries: What is drainage performance? How can we evaluate a drainage system, to assess how best to improve its performance? What are the effects of solids in drains upon performance? This manual is the outcome of two-and-a-half years of fieldwork in the city of Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, India and can be used as a practical aid by municipal engineers, consulting engineers and engineering instructors and students, as well as development and aid workers involved in drainage systems. |
Notes | 42 ref. |
Custom 1 | 333 |