Discussion on the feasible methods of rainwater utilization in landscape designing of residential areas

Author

Ying, Lin ; Jin, Hu

Author_Institution

Coll. of Civil Eng. & Transp., Hohai Univ., Nanjing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 April 2011

Firstpage

1178

Lastpage

1181

Abstract

This paper discusses the feasible methods of utilization of rainwater in designing of residential landscape and also makes brief analysis on the features of water usage and characteristics of landscape in residential districts. Method of rain water utilization system that is made up of large storage water containers, underground, small classified containers and terminal pipes is introduced to searching for a low-carbon method that can make natural resources fully utilized.

Keywords

containers; design engineering; pipelines; rain; structural engineering; water storage; water supply; classified containers; feasible methods; landscape designing; low-carbon method; natural resources; rain water utilization system; rainwater utilization; residential areas; residential districts; residential landscape design; storage water containers; terminal pipes; underground containers; water usage; Containers; Floors; Green products; Hardware; Purification; Reservoirs; classified system; landscape design; low-carbon design; rainwater utilization; residential areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lushan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0289-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774357

Filename

5774357