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Urban hydrology

University of British Columbia

Water has played a key role in various aspects of our lives. We need water to physically survive, yet we also need water to spiritually and psychologically develop. Water plays a key role in the myths, legends and rituals worldwide. In our North American society we have lost touch with these meanings and rituals. Clearly we still need water to survive, yet our treatment of the hydrological cycle not only impacts the environment, but it also denies us the opportunity to witness, understand and revere water in its various forms. The urban hydrological cycle should not be piped underground. To increase our quality of urban life water should be revealed for all to benefit from and witness. Life in an urban environment poses many physical and behavioral challenges. The revealing of water does present some added difficulties and barriers, yet far more benefits and opportunities are created through this revealing of the hydrological cycle. The revealing of water in a densely populated urban context offers economic, ecological and social benefits that would otherwise be unattainable.

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2009-06-15

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http://hdl.handle.net/2429/9153

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