Low Impact Development Practices: A Review of Current Research and Recommendations for Future Directions

Dietz, Michael E.

doi:10.1007/s11270-007-9484-z

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“…In developed countries, various cities have various choices of plants and soil types. Moreover, the proportion and formation of soil are considered as the core technology in design institutes [12]. Domestic landscape designs consider only the demands of vegetation growth and landscape modeling and fertilizers or pesticides are used to guarantee the growth of vegetation, thus leading to secondary pollution.…”

Section: Lid Project Design and Site Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of Climate Technology Demands in Chinese Sponge City

Ma¹,

Hu²,

Feng³

et al. 2017

GEP

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Sponge city is a development pattern used to realize natural accumulation, natural infiltration and natural purification of rainwater through urban planning and construction management. Sponge city technology is widely used as the critical approaches in natural rainwater management and it is one of the best techniques to adapt climate change events in modern cities. In the paper, we firstly reviewed background information of sponge city construction and the development, key technologies, and economic benefit analysis of stormwater management in foreign countries. Then, we analyzed the technology gap between China and developed countries in two aspects (planning design method and Low Impact Development (LID) project design). Then, we pointed out the main obstacles in sponge city technology transfer and proposed to improve the basic data sharing system and strengthen the economic return system. On the basis of sponge city planning theory and sponge city technologies, taking Shenzhen as an example, we analyzed the ideas and plans of sponge city construction in rainy areas and completed the assessment of current climate technology demands in Chinese sponge city. The study provides the basis for the improvements in sponge city construction and adaptation to climate change.

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Section: Lid Project Design and Site Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessment of Climate Technology Demands in Chinese Sponge City

Ma¹,

Hu²,

Feng³

et al. 2017

GEP

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“…For cost consideration, we selected bioretention practices first, because these systems generally have the lowest cost per unit of stormwater treated (Dietz, 2007). If bioretention systems are not adequate for capturing the desired runoff volume, permeable pavement, cisterns and green roofs will be considered in the order based on relative costs.…”

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“…As a result, Low Impact Development (LID) practices have been suggested as a viable solution (Burns et al, 2012;Chang, 2010;Dietz, 2007;Qin et al, 2013). LID practices increase sustainability by using porous pavement, bioretention, green roofs, rainwater harvesting and other strategies that manage rainwater as close to its source as possible.…”

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Integrated design workflow and a new tool for urban rainwater management

Chen

Samuelson

Tong

2016

Journal of Environmental Management

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For stormwater management, Low Impact Development (LID) practices provide more sustainable solutions than traditional piping and storm ponds. However, to be effective, LID practices must be integrated into planning at the beginning of the design process; yet architects and related design professionals making decisions early in the design process are not equipped to consider runoff calculations given their current tools. In response to this dilemma, we have developed an open source stormwater runoff evaluation and management tool: Rainwater+. It is seamlessly integrated into computer-aided design (CAD) software to receive instant estimate on the stormwater runoff volume of architecture and landscape designs. Designers can thereby develop appropriate rainwater management strategies for the project-based on local precipitation data, specific standards, site conditions and economic considerations. We employed Rainwater+ to conduct two case studies illustrating the importance of considering storm water runoff in the early design stage. The first case study showed the importance of integrating rainwater management into design modeling software for the reason that the specific site condition is critical for determining LID practice. The second case study demonstrated the need of visualizing runoff flow direction in assisting the placement of LID practices at proper locations when the terrain is of great complexity.

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“…It was proposed as an effort to increase city resilience when dealing with storm water disasters. Similar to Best Management Practices (BMPs) [13], Low Impact Development (LID) [14], Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) [15], and Sustainable Urban Design System (SUDS) [16], the Chinese sponge city concept has also adopted several facilities, such as wetlands, permeable pavements, ponds, bioretention ponds, storage tanks, and pumps. In Chinese sponge city practices, Jinan City has constructed a sponge city from four systems-water, road, grass, and architecture.…”

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Application of CityDrain3 in Flood Simulation of Sponge Polders: A Case Study of Kunshan, China

Wei

Urich

Liu

et al. 2018

Water

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Abstract:The selection of sponge city facilities (e.g., pump, storage tank, wetland, or bioretention pond) to mitigate urban floods has been a crucial issue in China. This study aims to develop a conceptual flood-simulation model, which can take into account the effects of such facilities of a sponge city. Taking Jiangpu polder in Kunshan City as a case study, CityDrain3 was implemented to develop a baseline model and another three sponge polder models (pump only, storage tank only, pump, and storage tank). A sensitivity analysis was carried out to guarantee the robustness of the newly developed model. In the model application part, firstly, one-hour rainfall scenarios with different return periods (2a, 5a, 10a, 20a, 50a, 100a, with 'a' referring to a year) were employed as inputs to the conceptual baseline model. The growing trend of flood depth (from 12.69 mm to 17.16 mm) simulated by the baseline model under increased return periods (from 3a to 100a) demonstrated the feasibility of polder flood simulations using CityDrain3. Secondly, a one-hour rainfall scenario with a 10-year return period was employed on the baseline model and the three sponge polder models. The results showed that the effect rankings of the control strategies on the total flood volume, peak flow, flood yielding time, and the peak-flow occurrence time were comparable-combined strategies (pump and storage tank) > storage tank only > pump only. The conceptual, and hydrological model developed in this study can serve as a simulation tool for implementing a real-time urban storm water drainage control system in the Jiangpu polder.

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Low Impact Development Practices: A Review of Current Research and Recommendations for Future Directions

Cited by 835 publications

References 38 publications

Assessment of Climate Technology Demands in Chinese Sponge City

Assessment of Climate Technology Demands in Chinese Sponge City

Integrated design workflow and a new tool for urban rainwater management

Application of CityDrain3 in Flood Simulation of Sponge Polders: A Case Study of Kunshan, China

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