Quantitative Analysis of Urban Pluvial Flood Alleviation by Open Surface Water Systems in New Towns: Comparing Almere and Tianjin Eco-City

Zhou, Zhengnan; Qu, Lei; Zou, Tao

doi:10.3390/ifou-e005

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“…These adaption strategies involve adjusting sowing dates, increasing the soil nutrients and changing the cultivars [45]. Optimization of the water management systems [46] can be done through improving the drip irrigation system, enhancing the groundwater recharging system, increasing the knowledge of water resources, expanding the spate-irrigated agriculture, and developing the productive soil and water conservation system [47]. Rain infrastructure adaptation [48] is necessary to improve food security and the public health of the target population through irrigated agricultural production and clean water conveyance [47].…”

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Climate and Water Resources Variation in Afghanistan and the Need for Urgent Adaptation Measures

Nasimi¹

2020

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Climate changes due to anthropogenic distortions to the environment are increasing worldwide, and also throughout Afghanistan. Effects on Water resources reflected by the intensification of floods and droughts cause emergency situations in Afghanistan. In this research, we have reviewed the changes of climate factors and their impact on the water resources in Afghanistan. Meteorological data, including temperature, precipitation, streamflow data, glacier monitoring data were collected and used to analyze the changes reflected in precipitation, surface water, glacier melting, and groundwater resource. Temperatures of winter seasons in one decade starting from 2007 to 2017 had increased from 0.9 ℃ to 2.5 ℃. The summer season temperature had increased from 0.5 ℃ to 1.2 ℃. These show that the winter periods are getting warmer when compared to the temperature of the summer periods. Glacier volumes have decreased by 18.53% between 1994 to 2015. Surface runoff in streams have dramatically reduced by 22% when compared with the that observed between 1962 to 2017. It was identified that the streamflow peaks become sharper and reach larger values. Due these floods have a rapid response with a larger destructive power. The prolonged droughts also show a devastating characteristic. Due to the changes in the climate groundwater resources are depleting and has been worst hit due to over extractions. The Karez system, which is the local underground water channeling network has been abandoned and dried up all over Afghanistan. Thus, sustainable climate change adaptation programs are urgently required to be developed and implemented in Afghanistan.

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Climate and Water Resources Variation in Afghanistan and the Need for Urgent Adaptation Measures

Nasimi¹

2020

IJFSA

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“…The approach is being encouraged through policy and legislation, for example in England, the National Planning Policy Framework and its associated technical guidance [6] prioritise their use. However, it is applicable globally, e.g., [7,8]. SuDS are said to be multiple benefit and flexible in Table 1.…”

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Decision-Making and Sustainable Drainage: Design and Scale

2016

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Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) improves water quality, reduces runoff water quantity, increases amenity and biodiversity benefits, and can also mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, an optimal solution has to be designed to be fit for purpose. Most research concentrates on individual devices, but the focus of this paper is on a full management train, showing the scale-related decision-making process in its design with reference to the city of Coventry, a local government authority in central England. It illustrates this with a large scale site-specific model which identifies the SuDS devices suitable for the area and also at the smaller scale, in order to achieve greenfield runoff rates. A method to create a series of maps using geographical information is shown, to indicate feasible locations for SuDS devices across the local government authority area. Applying the larger scale maps, a management train was designed for a smaller-scale regeneration site using MicroDrainage ® software to control runoff at greenfield rates. The generated maps were constructed to provide initial guidance to local government on suitable SuDS at individual sites in a planning area. At all scales, the decision about which device to select was complex and influenced by a range of factors, with slightly different problems encountered. There was overall agreement between large and small scale models.

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Quantitative Analysis of Urban Pluvial Flood Alleviation by Open Surface Water Systems in New Towns: Comparing Almere and Tianjin Eco-City

Cited by 2 publications

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Climate and Water Resources Variation in Afghanistan and the Need for Urgent Adaptation Measures

Climate and Water Resources Variation in Afghanistan and the Need for Urgent Adaptation Measures

Decision-Making and Sustainable Drainage: Design and Scale

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