Figtree Place: a case study in water sensitive urban development (WSUD)

Coombes, Peter J; Argue, John R.; Kuczera, George

doi:10.1016/s1462-0758(00)00027-3

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“…Coombes et al have analyzed 27 houses in Newcastle, Australia. They found that rainwater could satisfy about 60% of water demand in these buildings [58]. Ghisi et al have carried out a scenario analysis concerning feasibility to utilize rainwater in dwelling houses of 62 towns of southern Brazil.…”

Section: A Review Of Studies On Rainwater Management Methodsmentioning

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A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

Słyś¹,

Stec²,

Zeleňáková³

2012

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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Abstract:The paper presents results of the Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis carried out for several variants of rainfall water management in a newly designed multi-family dwelling house. According to the LCC methodology, calculations were performed for the whole undertaking life cycle with both investment outlays and operation/maintenance costs taken into account. The LCC analysis was carried out, in particular, for a variant assuming that the rainwater collected from the roof will be entirely discharged to the sewage system. On the other hand, the second variant provided for replacement of traditional building roof with a green one. Facilities of that type, thanks to their retention properties, may delay runoff of rainwater and reduce the overall quantity of water discharged from roof surface and therefore can be classified as Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems. In the third case considered, rainwater is to be utilised in the building. It was assumed that precipitation water will be stored in a tank and used in the sanitary water supply system for flushing toilets, thus reducing the overall tap water purchase costs.

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Section: A Review Of Studies On Rainwater Management Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

Słyś¹,

Stec²,

Zeleňáková³

2012

Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S

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“…When comprised with appropriate vegetation and depending on the design detention time, stored water can be additionally filtered and purified, thus potentially providing water with improved quality. It has been further evidenced that rainwater collected from roofs improves its quality by storage in tanks [50].…”

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Flood Adaptation Measures Applicable in the Design of Urban Public Spaces: Proposal for a Conceptual Framework

Silva

Costa

2016

Water

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Assuming the importance of public space design in the implementation of effective adaptation action towards urban flooding, this paper identifies and systematizes a wide range of flood adaptation measures pertinent to the design of public spaces. It presents findings from both a systematic literature review and an empirical analysis retrieved from concrete public space design precedents. It concludes with the presentation of a conceptual framework that organizes the identified measures in accordance to their main, and secondary, infrastructural strategies. The intention behind the disclosed framework is to aid a multitude of professionals during the initial exploratory phases of public space projects that incorporate flooding adaptation capacities.

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“…All of them, however, tend to consider the urban drainage questions in an integrated way, trying to recover natural characteristics of the hydrological cycle, while adding value to the city itself. In this context, some of these new concepts can be mentioned: Best Management PracticesBMPs [3,4], Low Impact Development -LID [5][6][7], Sustainable Urban Drainage System -SUDS [5,8] and Water Sensitive Urban Design -WSUD [9][10][11].…”

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Storage measures as compensatory techniques for urban lowlands flood control

Miguez¹,

Veról²,

Mascarenhas³

et al. 2014

Int. J. SDP

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Urban fl ood problems are being aggravated in growing cities. The process of urbanisation generally tends to supress natural retention areas, removing natural vegetation and producing large impervious areas. Besides, the traditional urban drainage approach, comprising mainly canalisation measures, showed to be potentially unsustainable, tending to transfer fl oods to downstream. Gradually, in the past recent years, this practice has been complemented or replaced by new concepts considering the use of distributed interventions to approximately recover fl ow patterns prior to the urbanisation. In Brazilian great cities, drainage systems' design started to incorporate the use of the so-called Compensatory Techniques, which aim to compensate the effects for the urbanisation process over the water cycle. In this context, detention and retention reservoirs have been conceived as potential adequate solutions. Departing from a Municipality proposition for a new urban development in Guerenguê River catchment, west zone of Rio de Janeiro, and considering the concept of compensatory techniques applied to the urban drainage, an alternative confi guration for the drainage system is proposed in the catchment scale, and compared with the critical present situation. In this alternative proposal, besides the Municipality actions, a complementary set of storage measures distributed along the riverine areas was considered. Additionally, local measures, composing multifunctional landscapes on the microdrainage scale, were also introduced to face local inundation problems. The scenarios assessment was supported by mathematical modelling. Modelling results showed that, at present situation, great part of the catchment suffers from fl ooding, with water depths that usually range from 0.15 m to 1.50 m. In critical areas, fl ooding may surpass the 1.50 m high level. The introduction of the compensatory techniques was capable of signifi cantly changing this situation. However, for a more effective result, land use planning must also be addressed in the context of fl ood control. Keywords: Compensatory techniques on urban drainage, fl ood control, mathematical modelling, MODCEL, storage measures. INTRODUCTIONGrowing cities are increasingly suffering from urban fl oods as a consequence of the urbanisation process itself. The fast urban development experienced after the Industrial Revolution was responsible for several signifi cant changes in the urban water cycle, mainly due to the vegetation removal, the suppression of natural retention areas, and the high impervious rates. In the origin of this process, the traditional approach commonly adopted to face these problems comprised canalisation measures, mainly due to sanitation needs. This approach, however, showed to be unsustainable in terms of urban stormwater management, tending to transfer fl ood problems rather than solving them. In recent decades, the problem of urban fl ooding has been discussed from a new perspective. The recognition of this situation made the urban fl ood c...

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Figtree Place: a case study in water sensitive urban development (WSUD)

Cited by 136 publications

References 2 publications

A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

A LCC Analysis of Rainwater Management Variants

Flood Adaptation Measures Applicable in the Design of Urban Public Spaces: Proposal for a Conceptual Framework

Storage measures as compensatory techniques for urban lowlands flood control

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