This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote
the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources
sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have
traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks
with numerous economic and environmental consequences. Brears explores
the role urban water managers have in implementing blue-green
infrastructure to reduce ecological damage and mitigate risk. The case
studies in this book illustrate how cities, of differing climates,
lifestyles and income-levels, have implemented policy innovations that
promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water,
wastewater and stormwater sustainably to reduce environmental
degradation and enhance resilience to climate change. This new research
on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green
infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably will be of
interest to those working on water conservation and policy.