A review of the application of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) to residential development in Australia

Barton, AF; Argue, John R.

doi:10.1080/13241583.2007.11465309

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“…Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) was first proposed as a means to use sustainable and ecologically compatible water management methods for urban planning and design, which integrates the natural water systems in urban areas with two divisions (stormwater management and wastewater management) based on the water‐sensitive features of a given area (Barton & Argue, ). It focuses on coping with or recovering from floods at all scales (Ashley et al, ) and is widely used in Australia and Europe (Barton & Argue, ; Rodriguez et al, ). In Australia, the University of Melbourne took a lead in urban sustainability projects with the adoption of WSUD (Barton & Argue, ).…”

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“…It focuses on coping with or recovering from floods at all scales (Ashley et al, ) and is widely used in Australia and Europe (Barton & Argue, ; Rodriguez et al, ). In Australia, the University of Melbourne took a lead in urban sustainability projects with the adoption of WSUD (Barton & Argue, ). Some European cities have adopted the WSUD to help the urban drainage systems sufficiently manage water quantity under a changing climate (Burge et al, ).…”

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Nature‐based solutions for urban pluvial flood risk management

Huang

Tian

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Urban pluvial flooding now occurs more frequently than it has in past decades, mainly due to an increasing number of extreme precipitation events occurring in the context of a changing climate. To limit the evolving risks of urban pluvial flooding in a more environmentally friendly manner, the research community has recently paid increasing attention to Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), which are based on new green technologies. To meet the urgent demand for a comprehensive review of the most recent literature, this review conducts a systematic survey of the literature to characterize various NBS adopted in different regions of the world and to elaborate on the benefits and limitations of such NBS. The review highlights the role of NBS in urban flood risk management under ongoing climate change and rapid urbanization. It shows that NBS could effectively mitigate urban flooding caused by high-frequency precipitation events, with additional economic, ecological, and social benefits. However, NBS are less effective at helping cope with pluvial flooding caused by extreme precipitation events over a short period of time, while gray infrastructures also have limitations as a mitigation measure against extreme pluvial flooding. We thus recommend identifying flood risk management strategies by evaluating the performance of alternative combinations of NBS with gray infrastructures in preventing pluvial flooding in the cities. Finally, recent advances made in the applications of NBS are presented with suggestions (e.g., long-term monitoring) to improve urban flood adaptive management. This article is categorized under: Engineering Water > Planning Water Engineering Water > Sustainable Engineering of Water Science of Water > Water Extremes K E Y W O R D S extreme precipitation, nature-based solution, risk management, urban pluvial flood Yijing Huang and Zhan Tian equally contributed to this study.[Correction added on 27 April 2020, after first online publication: the unit of second affiliation has been updated and funding information has been reordered.]

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Nature‐based solutions for urban pluvial flood risk management

Huang

Tian

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“…LID/GI are the terms that have been adopted to achieve healthy urban water cities in different countries such as Germany, USA and Japan, as shown in Table 1 [16,22,23]. Similar technologies under different names are described such as decentralized urban design (DUD) in Germany, sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) in the UK, water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) in Australia, well-balanced hydrological system (WBHS) in Japan, sponge city in China, and healthy water-cycle city or rain city in South Korea [3,22,[24][25][26][27][28][29]. The main objective of all these practices is to manage rainwater through a distributed approach.…”

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Recent Progress in Low-Impact Development in South Korea: Water-Management Policies, Challenges and Opportunities

Shafique

Kim

2018

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For the past few decades, rapid urban development and climate change has caused many meteorological disasters (flooding, droughts, and heat waves) in South Korea. The current stormwater management system (gray infrastructure) is based on the pipe networks, which is not an effective method to control flash flooding problems during big rain events. Therefore, there is a need to find a more sustainable stormwater-management system that can have the ability to solve these water-related problems in urban areas. Low-impact development (LID)/green infrastructure (GI) practices are an effective approach to solving the adverse effects of urbanization and to addressing climate change. This paper reviews national water-management policies which were selected for flood and environmental protection from 1960 to 2017. Research results of applied LID practices in Korea also show that these practices are useful for stormwater management in urban areas. The dominating challenges identified are: lack of proper knowledge for implementing LID practices; uncertainties in the benefits of LID/GI practices; and lack of cooperation and collaboration between different agencies for the expansion of LID projects. Finally, some opportunities for LID/GI practices in Korea are also described.

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“…Rodríguez et al (2015) state that the development of indicators concerning the integration of water issues and urban planning will help to quantify their interaction, generating a significant improvement in the application of the Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) concept, and might support mitigating inappropriate planning consequences. WSUD methodology proposed to the city of Melbourne by Barton and Argue (2007) aimed to avoid, or at least minimize, the environmental impact of pollution to a water body caused by building.…”

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Water management assessment methodology for urban planning

Ulian¹,

Cartes²,

Lima³

2017

Rev. ambiente água

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One of the biggest challenges in urban planning is to balance the use of natural resources with the need to preserve them. One of the main resources is water, which is essential to human life and activities. Population growth and urban sprawl challenge water availability. Thus, it is important to evaluate development trends in order to predict future scenarios, enabling the adoption of preventive actions and decision-making. The objective of this study is to present a water management assessment methodology for urban planning as a practical and direct tool capable of conveying the necessary information for decision making in the process of balanced and harmonious urban planning, applicable to medium size Brazilian cities.Keywords: evaluation indicators, urban expansion, urban policy. Metodologia de avaliação da gestão da água para o planejamento urbano RESUMOUm dos grandes desafios aos planejadores do espaço urbano está em conciliar o uso dos recursos naturais com a necessidade de preservá-los. Neste sentido a água, enquanto recurso natural prioritário, fundamenta a existência e promove as atividades humanas. O crescimento populacional e a expansão urbana desafiam a disponibilidade de água. Desta forma é essencial diagnosticar os impactos do desenvolvimento para prognosticar cenários futuros, possibilitando nortear ações preventivas e a tomada de decisão. O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar uma metodologia de avaliação diagnóstica para a gestão da água como ferramenta prática e direta que permite auxiliar no levantamento de informações necessárias para o planejamento urbano equilibrado e harmônico, aplicável a cidades brasileiras de porte médio.Palavras-chave: abastecimento de água, crescimento urbano, indicadores de avaliação. 34Giovana Ulian et al.

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A review of the application of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) to residential development in Australia

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Nature‐based solutions for urban pluvial flood risk management

Nature‐based solutions for urban pluvial flood risk management

Recent Progress in Low-Impact Development in South Korea: Water-Management Policies, Challenges and Opportunities

Water management assessment methodology for urban planning

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