Sustainable Water Management. The Way to Better Living

Abstract

The Academic Book named by its authors “Sustainable Water Management: a Way of Better Living” focuses on one of the most important and influential aspects of sustainable urbanism and architectural design. This original research report is Volume 4 of annual research publication drafted by the team of students of Architecture at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. It continues the tradition of the Design Studio project “Recreation Complex in Natural Environment” to collect, analyse and present individual research material in a comprehensive publication and is performed by the students of Arfu-12 group at the Department of Urban Design at the Fall Term 2013. We strongly believe that the method of „learning through design“ brings new understanding, skills and professional capabilities for planning and designing recreational spaces and buildings of the most diverse function, structure and architecture in natural and rural sites of Lithuania. The group of students and their tutors had a pleasure of going through theory and practice of Sustainable Architecture as much as it concerns quality in terms of socio-economic and environmental benefits. This year’s series Vol. 4 “Sustainable Water Management” continues the department’s tradition as it is produced along with the design studio project. The topic of Sustainable Water Management is analysed in four chapters: historic development of water management; planning experiences and applications; design solutions; and technical principles, all seen as the way of better living for urban communities. The collected, reviewed and designed material with its texts, references and numerous pictures is a perfect study material for students, researchers and many of their senior colleagues architects as well as for the wider public concerned in sustainable urbanism and design to bring more understanding in making our environment more sustainable.