Applying Low Impact Development Practices to Meet Multiple Objectives: Case Studies

Struck, Scott D.; Carter, Steve; Brescol, Jamie; Christian, Dan; Hufnagel, Carol L.; Sim, Youn

doi:10.1061/41173(414)63

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Section: Green Infrastructure Purpose and Metrics For Performancementioning

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“…Reviews of the literature have identified a number of metrics used to design green infrastructure that is installed to manage flooding, for example, green infrastructure can be designed to capture the “first flush” of rainfall with its high contaminant load or to capture a certain amount (inches or mm) of rainfall. This threshold depth is often defined using some percentile of the 24 hr storm event defined for the location (Levitan, 2013; Struck et al., 2011; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 2010). As the field continues to evolve, and new practices and goals are established, it is important that design guidelines for green infrastructure are correlated with municipal and wider goals for climate change adaptation (McPhillips et al., 2020).…”

Section: Green Infrastructurementioning

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A Review of Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty Applications Using Green Infrastructure for Flood Management

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Samaras

2022

Earth's Future

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Decision making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) approaches are well‐suited for making decisions about infrastructure to manage flooding exacerbated by climate change. One important system for climate resilience and flood management is green infrastructure, which refers to a network of natural and semi‐engineered areas that provides ecosystem functions. Green infrastructure is often characterized as a low‐regret strategy with multiple co‐benefits under uncertainty. These attributes enable green infrastructure to be an important adaptation strategy under DMDU frameworks for flood management. However, DMDU analyses that include green infrastructure are still relatively limited, perhaps due to computational or modeling complexity and other barriers. This paper identifies and reviews publications in the flood management literature that use DMDU frameworks and refer to green infrastructure adaptation strategies, in order to identify trends and inform future research. The reviewed publications are categorized according to a variety of performance metrics, climate change scenarios, DMDU metrics, and hydrologic modeling techniques, and represent several adaptation strategies applied to case studies on five continents using a range of data sources and assumptions. This paper highlights a number of solutions that can be employed to facilitate additional research at the intersection of these fields. Primary among these is the transparent documentation and use of open source models, methods, and data. Future research should also focus on communication among different stakeholders, particularly in ensuring definitions, assumptions, and data requirements are clear. These partnerships can facilitate effective application of robust strategies such as green infrastructure for urban adaptation to the effects of climate change.

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Section: Green Infrastructure Purpose and Metrics For Performancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Green Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%