A framework to support the urbanization process on lowland coastal areas: Exploring the case of Vargem Grande – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Streams’ and Springs’ Biophysical Dynamics as Structuring Elements of Future Urban Development: Systemic Strategies for Spatial Planning - A Case Study in Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

“…Concerning planning policies and legislation, demarcating emphasises the urgency to elaborate a local drainage plan that contemplates: ooding areas, drainage axes, open space system, connections with the topography, and, lastly, a proposal for the management of the urban waters in a more sustainable and resilient way (Miguez et al 2019).…”

“…Thus, in spatial planning and regulatory guidelines, concentrating action implies de ning priority axes for urban expansion, guided by identifying meaningful ecosystemic valuable areas and the environment's capacities (Miguez et al 2019). At the same time, it proposes to control the density, occupancy, and permeability rates considering the location of water bodies and areas of signi cant groundwater recharge, to promote more compact regions when distant to these areas, minimising the impacts of urbanisation on water dynamics (Barbedo et al 2014).…”

“…From the perspective of new urban-eco system patterns, assimilating emphasises maintaining water's spaces inside protected areas and incorporating its needs and dynamics within urban design and built-up elements (Liao et al 2016;Miguez et al 2019). The intention is to create urban-eco systems that simulate the previously existing biophysical processes in the landscape while mitigating urbanisation impacts (see Fig.…”

“…In this situation, the water is not only assimilated into the urban development but it is a primary driver of its construction being systemically integrated with it through functional and spatial interrelations (Tardin 2013). Water dynamics and urban development can be conceived through spatial planning strategies based on alternative urban interventions that consider water dynamics a driver of land-use and urban design guidelines (Liao et al 2016;Miguez et al 2019). This facilitates risk management (Barbedo et al 2014), improves urban resilience (Liao 2012), avoids costly damages, and becomes part of local people's lives (Wantzen et al 2019).…”

Aplicação do Índice de Requalificação Fluvial Urbana para Verificação de Intervenções de Controle de Inundações na Bacia dos Rios Pilar-Calombé, RJ

“…A ferramenta básica de simulação hidrodinâmica adotada para mapeamento de alagamentos em áreas urbanas (um dos dados de entrada do REFLU) foi o MODCEL (Miguez et al, 2017), concebido a partir do conceito de células de escoamento e já utilizado em diversos outros estudos (Miguez et al, 2019;Oliveira et al, 2019;Rezende et al, 2020), inclusive na Baixada Fluminense (Oliveira et al, 2017;Jacob et al, 2019) onde se situa o estudo de caso. No MODCEL, as células atuam como compartimentos homogêneos, integrando o espaço da bacia e permitindo definir redes de escoamento complexas, bidimensionais.…”