15 Years Experiences of Sustainable Urban Storm Drainage in the City of Malmo, Sweden

Sustainable Drainage Systems: An Integrated Approach, Combining Hydraulic Engineering Design, Urban Land Control and River Revitalisation Aspects

“…Problems associated with urban drainage systems are not exclusively technical, but primarily of institutional nature, such as the lack of cooperation between the different departments responsible for urban management and the communication between the city and its citizens (Stahre, 2005). The lack of cooperation between departments may arise from conflicting interests and priorities.…”

“…As a consequence of this sharing of interests, the costs of structures, deployment and maintenance can be divided between the two departments, and also with others that will share the benefits of implementing this system. Stahre (2005) the solution of rainstorm problems can no longer be regarded as a simple technical service supported only by the Drainage Department, because these waters now represent an important positive resource to the population, inserted in the urban environment. It's important to emphasize the value of water in the city as a demanded resource, not wasting its potential uses.…”

“…According to Stahre (2005), the Drainage Department of Malmo, Sweden, sees the approach of the sustainable drainage system as an ideal way to achieve its goals and objectives with a low cost, if compared to the traditional drainage system, whereas the Department of Parks and Recreation sees the sustainable drainage solutions as a good ally for the development and improvement of quality of life in the urban environment by increasing the value of urban parks. As a consequence of this sharing of interests, the costs of structures, deployment and maintenance can be divided between the two departments, and also with others that will share the benefits of implementing this system.…”

Sustainable urban drainage approach, focusing on lid techniques, applied to the design of new housing subdivisions in the context of a growing city

“…Sustainable technical solutions for urban drainage can be grouped according to their position in the drainage system: source control measures, local control measures, slow transport measures or downstream control measures [11], as schematically shown in Fig. 1.…”

Storm-Water Management through Infiltration Trenches

“…Urbanisation also has a profound influence on the quality of 28 stormwater runoff (Hall 1984). Kibler and Aron (1980) characteristic feature of sustainable urban drainage is that aesthetics, multiple use and public 57 acceptance of the drainage facilities play a very important role in the planning (Stahre, 2005). 58 Martin et al (2007) conducted a national survey in France in order to collect feedback from 59 BMP users on their experiences and found that retention processes were used more frequently 60 than infiltration processes (68% vs. 32%) and most of the organizations used BMPs for flood 61 prevention (78.2%) rather than storm water pollution prevention (27.6%).…”