Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management

Malmqvist, P-A; Heinicke, Gerald; Kärrman, Erik; Stenström, TA; Svensson, Gilbert

doi:10.2166/9781780402413

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“…While more modern, context-sensitive urban designs incorporate infiltration-type management practices (e.g., rain gardens, dry retention basins, etc. ), most are primarily focused on proportionally small lot and project scales, with inadequate integration at the larger city and watershed scales [13]. However, cities often maintain larger parcels of green space that are dedicated to recreation and right-of-way.…”

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The Hydrologic Role of Urban Green Space in Mitigating Flooding (Luohe, China)

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Even if urban catchments are adequately drained by sewer infrastructures, flooding hotspots develop where ongoing development and poor coordination among utilities conspire with land use and land cover, drainage, and rainfall. We combined spatially explicit land use/land cover data from Luohe City (central China) with soil hydrology (as measured, green space hydraulic conductivity), topography, and observed chronic flooding to analyze the relationships between spatial patterns in pervious surface and flooding. When compared to spatial–structural metrics of land use/cover where flooding was commonly observed, we found that some areas expected to remain dry (given soil and elevation characteristics) still experienced localized flooding, indicating hotspots with overwhelmed sewer infrastructure and a lack of pervious surfaces to effectively infiltrate and drain rainfall. Next, we used curve numbers to represent the composite hydrology of different land use/covers within both chronic flooding and dry (non-flooding) circles of 750 m diameter, and local design storms to determine the anticipated average proportion of runoff. We found that dry circles were more permeable (curve number (mean ± std. error) = 74 ± 2, n = 25) than wetter, flooded circles (curve number = 87 ± 1). Given design storm forcing (20, 50, 100 years’ recurrence interval, and maximum anticipated storm depths), dry points would produce runoff of 26 to 35 percent rainfall, and wet points of 52 to 61 percent of applied rainfall. However, we estimate by simulation that runoff reduction benefits would decline once infiltration-excess (Hortonian) runoff mechanisms activate for storms with precipitation rates in excess of an average of 21 mm/h, contingent on antecedent moisture conditions. Our spatial metrics indicate that larger amounts and patches of dispersed green space mitigate flooding risk, while aggregating buildings (roofs) and green space into larger, separate areas exacerbates risk.

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“…In Ireland, Dublin's strategic drainage study involves several local authorities to perform an in-depth drainage assessment of integrated constructed wetlands [59]. In Sweden, a large six-year research project entitled "Sustainable Urban Water Management" was initiated by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research Programme with its focus on protecting valuable water resources in urban areas [48,60]. In Australia, one of the largest research activities on sustainable drainage solutions is the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities, which brings together over 70 inter-disciplinary partners to deliver sustainable water strategies facilitating transformation of the city into a more livable and resilient environment [61][62][63].…”

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“…Despite the various objectives and criteria of drainage systems' indifferent time periods, nowadays there is general agreement that sustainable drainage should integrate water quantity, water quality, and biodiversity and amenity aspects into design, namely the SUDS triangle [11,20,66]. In addition, several researchers called forth a renewed focus on public health and hygiene in SUDS design [48,67,68]. On the basis of these fundamental elements, Ellis et al [69], Berke [70] and Makropoulos et al [71] further explored four primary potential sustainability criteria: technical, environmental, social and economic factors.…”

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A Review of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Considering the Climate Change and Urbanization Impacts

Zhou

2014

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Climate change and urbanization are converging to challenge city drainage infrastructure due to their adverse impacts on precipitation extremes and the environment of urban areas. Sustainable drainage systems have gained growing public interest in recent years, as a result of its positive effects on water quality and quantity issues and additional recreational amenities perceived in the urban landscape. This paper reviews recent progress in sustainable drainage development based on literature across different disciplinary fields. After presenting the key elements and criteria of sustainable drainage design, various devices and examples of sustainable drainage systems are introduced. The state-of-the-art model approaches and decision-aid tools for assessing the sustainable alternatives are discussed and compared. The paper further explores some limitations and difficulties in the application of the innovative solutions and suggests an integrated and trans-disciplinary approach for sustainable drainage design.

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“…Sustainable Urban Water Management (SUWM) was initiated by Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) in 1999 [21]. The vision of this program was defined as, "Every human being has a right to clean water.…”

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A Systematic Literature Mining of Sponge City: Trends, Foci and Challenges Standing Ahead

Yao

2018

Sustainability

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Sponge City research has been attracting extensive attention both in practical and theoretical research field, as the increased threat of flood risk and environmental safety due to urbanization. Varies names of Sponge City prevalent in different countries, which leads to disconnection of literature in the same field of Sponge City. In this paper, a systematic literature mining of Sponge City is presented. A literature analysis system is created, which includes literature export from Web of Sciences and systematic analysis via NoteExpress and CiteSpace. Based on the final document storage which contains 962 articles, general trends are identified. Literature is classified into 9 theme types. Research foci of Sponge City are detected by citation and keywords burst detection. Further, some future research directions of Sponge City are anticipated, including trans-disciplinary approaches, a comprehensive design framework, application of information technology, and case studies of Sponge City in more parts of the world. The significance of this paper lies in summarizing past research, identifying research types, foci and anticipating some future research directions.

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Strategic Planning of Sustainable Urban Water Management

Cited by 11 publications

References 57 publications

The Hydrologic Role of Urban Green Space in Mitigating Flooding (Luohe, China)

The Hydrologic Role of Urban Green Space in Mitigating Flooding (Luohe, China)

A Review of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Considering the Climate Change and Urbanization Impacts

A Systematic Literature Mining of Sponge City: Trends, Foci and Challenges Standing Ahead

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