Perspectives on the Use of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management in Cleveland and Milwaukee

Keeley, Melissa; Koburger, Althea; Dolowitz, David; Medearis, Dale; Nickel, Darla; Shuster, William D.

doi:10.1007/s00267-013-0032-x

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“…Retrofitting an area for infrastructure is likely to be more costly than implementing infrastructure during initial development, especially if installing storm sewer systems in an area that is already built up. Retrofitting an area with green infrastructure or detention basins is likely to be even more difficult because it essentially involves a land-use change [40,41] since existing infrastructure (including impervious surfaces) must be removed and space for retention-based infrastructure may not exist in already developed areas [12]. In addition to physical barriers, there may also be institutional barriers to infrastructure retrofits.…”

Section: Moving To a More Nuanced Understanding Of Urban Water Managementioning

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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Local Stormwater Infrastructure Use and Stormwater Management Paradigms over the 20th Century

Hale

2016

Water

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Stormwater management has significant consequences for urban hydrology, water quality, and flood risk, and has changed substantially over history, but it is unknown how these paradigm shifts play out at the local scale and whether local changes in stormwater infrastructure use follow similar trajectories across cities. This research addressed: (1) How does current infrastructure use and past infrastructure transitions vary across three cities with similar biophysical and climatic contexts but different development histories? and (2) How did stormwater and flood management paradigms change from early urbanization to current day in a single city? The use of storm sewers, detention basins, and canals for stormwater management was quantified for three cities in Utah, USA, over the 20th century. Stormwater management paradigms were quantified using media content analysis of newspaper articles from historic and recent periods in Salt Lake City. Results suggest that stormwater infrastructure development is decoupled from imperviousness across cities, and that newer and smaller cities follow different trajectories of stormwater management over time. This research highlights that there is no single model of urban hydrology and that heterogeneity in urban water management over time and space reflects shifting priorities and social learning.

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Section: Moving To a More Nuanced Understanding Of Urban Water Managementioning

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Spatial and Temporal Variation in Local Stormwater Infrastructure Use and Stormwater Management Paradigms over the 20th Century

Hale

2016

Water

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“…Funds may be generated through a variety of means such as a variety of taxes, service charges, exactions, assessments, grants, loans, and bonds. Debo and Reese (2003) † , (Clean Water America Alliance (2011) ‡ , Keeley et al (2013) …”

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“…Degree of variation represented among rule-making organizations (including public sector, private sector, nongovernmental, community-based, or hybrid organizations) Stockwell (2009) ‡ , Hammitt (2010) ‡ , Keeley et al (2013) ‡ G S5.3…”

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“…Number of organizations affecting decision-making processes related to stormwater management in the watershed Madden (2010) ‡, , ‡ , Hammitt (2010) ‡ , Keeley et al (2013) …”

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“…Premise that urban drainage systems are public systems Debo and Reese (2003) † , (Fletcher et al, 2011) ‡ , Keeley et al (2013) …”

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Adapting the social-ecological system framework for urban stormwater management: the case of green infrastructure adoption

Flynn¹,

Davidson²

2016

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Stormwater management has long been a critical societal and environmental challenge for communities. An increasing number of municipalities are turning to novel approaches such as green infrastructure to develop more sustainable stormwater management systems. However, there is a need to better understand the technological decision-making processes that lead to specific outcomes within urban stormwater governance systems. We used the social-ecological system (SES) framework to build a classification system for identifying significant variables that influence urban stormwater governance decisions related to green infrastructure adoption. To adapt the framework, we relied on findings from observations at national stormwater meetings in combination with a systematic literature review on influential factors related to green infrastructure adoption. We discuss our revisions to the framework that helped us understand the decision by municipal governments to adopt green infrastructure. Remaining research needs and challenges are discussed regarding the development of an urban stormwater SES framework as a classification tool for knowledge accumulation and synthesis.

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iSAW: Integrating Structure, Actors, and Water to study socio‐hydro‐ecological systems

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Urbanization, climate, and ecosystem change represent major challenges for managing water resources. Although water systems are complex, a need exists for a generalized representation of these systems to identify important components and linkages to guide scientific inquiry and aid water management. We developed an integrated Structure-Actor-Water framework (iSAW) to facilitate the understanding of and transitions to sustainable water systems. Our goal was to produce an interdisciplinary framework for water resources research that could address management challenges across scales (e.g., plot to region) and domains (e.g., water supply and quality, transitioning, and urban landscapes). The framework was designed to be generalizable across all human-environment systems, yet with sufficient detail and flexibility to be customized to specific cases. iSAW includes three major components: structure (natural, built, and social), actors (individual and organizational), and water (quality and quantity). Key linkages among these components include: (1) ecological/hydrologic processes, (2) ecosystem/geomorphic feedbacks, (3) planning, design, and policy, (4) perceptions, information, and experience, (5) resource access and risk, and (6) operational water use and management. We illustrate the flexibility and utility of the iSAW framework by applying it to two research and management problems: understanding urban water supply and demand in a changing climate and expanding use of green storm water infrastructure in a semi-arid environment. The applications demonstrate that a generalized conceptual model can identify important components and linkages in complex and diverse water systems and facilitate communication about those systems among researchers from diverse disciplines.

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Perspectives on the Use of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management in Cleveland and Milwaukee

Cited by 198 publications

References 32 publications

Spatial and Temporal Variation in Local Stormwater Infrastructure Use and Stormwater Management Paradigms over the 20th Century

Spatial and Temporal Variation in Local Stormwater Infrastructure Use and Stormwater Management Paradigms over the 20th Century

Adapting the social-ecological system framework for urban stormwater management: the case of green infrastructure adoption

iSAW: Integrating Structure, Actors, and Water to study socio‐hydro‐ecological systems

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