From the Back Cover
This book focuses on the access to water in the building and its surroundings, to infer the mutual interaction and the complex interconnection of green/blue infrastructures. This book is a tool for understanding the multifunctional functionality of urban waste water to recognize their efficient and strategically useful potential in the form of aesthetic and functional architectural elements--vertical gardens, waterproof roof systems, rain gardens, retention rainwater recirculation tanks, biomarkers for wastewater treatment, and other progressive technologies and technical solutions. The originality of the proposed book and the innovation of the proposed objectives lies in the complexity and interdisciplinary of the problem solved, with clear continuity and utilization in professional building, environmental, and psychosocial practice. Understanding the quality of life as a category influenced by several objective and subjective conditions, this manuscript draws up recommendations on howto build "green buildings"--progressively supplied with water, connecting infrastructures--from existing buildings (administrative or training).
Prof. Ing. Zuzana Vranayova has been involved in scientific research and teaching activities at the Technical University of Kosice, Faculty of Civil Engineering (SvF) for a long time. Her professional interest is oriented toward the sustainable and safe water supply in buildings. She belongs to significant scientific experts in the field of green buildings and their water management and actively participates in international conferences. She has more than 600 entries in the publication record. She held the position of vice-dean for Education, the chair of Academic Senate, and the director of the Institute of Architectural Engineering, SvF.
Prof. Ing. Martina Zelenakova is a professor in water management and water structures at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia. In the framework of her scientific-research activities, she has focused on the solution of water managementproblems and separately on the assessment of environmental risks in river basins in relation to flood events, droughts, erosion, and water pollution. The results of her scientific-research work have been published in national and international journals, scientific conference proceedings, and proceedings of national and international conferences. She is an author of educational textbooks, edited books, and monographs. She has successfully led projects in the past and has been involved in successful research teams. In the present, she is the vice-dean for international affairs, projects, and mobility at Civil Engineering Faculty at TUKE.
Prof. Abdelazim Negm is a professor of Hydraulics (and Water Resources) at Zagazig University. His current domain of research is sustainable water resources and their management. He led several international projects and participated in some others. Prof. Negm is a member of IAHR, ICWEES, EGU, and IAH, and a member ofthe scientific committee of several international conferences and of the organizing committee of others and participated in more than 95 conferences as well. He delivered several keynote talks at international conferences, also played a role as reviewers for more than 50 international scientific journals that indexed in Scopus and WoS. He has published more than 350 papers, 100 book chapters, and 50 contributed volumes during the years from 2017 to 2021 in Springer International Publishing House.
