Understanding the nature of publics and local policy commitment to Water Sensitive Urban Design

Morison, Peter; Brown, Rebekah Ruth

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.08.019

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“…Having experienced extended droughts in recent years, Australia has shifted the focus of stormwater management from aquatic ecosystem protection to long-term water security (Morison and Brown 2011), and stormwater is considered as a source of water (Wong 2006). WSUD has evolved from a management approach to stormwater quality and quantity to a framework that integrates urban design with three 'urban water streams', i.e., potable water, wastewater, and stormwater (Wong 2006).…”

Section: Water Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Blue-Green Infrastructure: New Frontier for Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

Liao

Deng

Tan

2017

Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements

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Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) has been recognized as an important tool for sustainable urban stormwater management. BGI is ecosystem-based, relying on biophysical processes, such as detention, storage, infiltration, and biological uptake of pollutants, to manage stormwater quantity and quality. Rain gardens, bioswales, constructed wetlands, retention and detention basins, and green roofs are most commonly used BGI systems. Unlike the single-functioned grey infrastructure, which is the conventional urban drainage system, these landscape systems collectively provide multiple ecosystem services, including flood risk mitigation, water quality treatment, thermal reduction, and urban biodiversity enhancement. In recent years, BGI is increasingly embraced through different initiatives around the world, driven by the urgency to tackle different local challenges, such as water quality standards, water security, increased flood risk, and aquatic ecosystem degradation. Whereas BGI is a relatively new term, the idea and practice are not new. In this chapter, we also showcase four cities-Portland, New York City, Singapore, and Zhenjiang-that are active and progressive in implementing BGI. Although BGI receives increasing attention, mainstreaming BGI remains a challenge today. To promote widespread BGI implementation, future research should focus on case studies on practical BGI experiences to inform strategies for overcoming the barriers to mainstreaming BGI in different cities.

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Section: Water Securitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Blue-Green Infrastructure: New Frontier for Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

Liao

Deng

Tan

2017

Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements

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“…Furthermore, residents exhibit a level of willingness to take partial responsibility for stormwater management. This willingness may be beneficial for the implementation of sustainable stormwater management techniques, such as those associated with the 'sustainable urban drainage systems' approach (Morison and Brown, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Missing the link: urban stormwater quality and resident behaviour

Ward

Winter

2016

WSA

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Conventional urban drainage systems are designed to reinforce human dominance over the biophysical environment resulting in contaminated surface runoff being discharged into urban waterways. It is widely recognized that poor stormwater quality is one of the main contributing factors to the deterioration of urban rivers. The result is that bluegreen corridors of urban open spaces are compromised by the cumulative impacts of pollution that alter productive ecosystem services and are no longer able to support biodiversity. The problem is partly caused by conventional stormwater infrastructure, which is designed to remove runoff as quickly and efficiently as possible. Yet the condition of an urban waterway cannot be understood simply as a cause and effect relationship, but emerges from interactions between people, drainage and ecological systems. This study aimed to understand the linkage between biophysical and social systems in an urban setting in Cape Town, South Africa. Surface water flowing into roadside catchpits was analysed using multiple water quality parameters. Surveys, interviews and observations explored how local residents understand their impacts on the quality of an urban river. The results show that runoff is highly variable and some environmental conditions, such as rainfall, antecedent dry days and season, are the primary drivers of water quality. However, residents have a poor understanding of the linkages between what they do on the land and impacts on urban rivers. The findings suggest that the predominant focus on technological solutions and flood prevention do not persuade citizens to account for actions that result in deterioration of waterway conditions. Drainage infrastructure fails to connect citizens with their downstream impacts on environmental systems and services. The implication is that most residents 'miss the link' -between their actions on land, their impacts on runoff and river water quality, and, in turn, their ability to influence societal patterns and processes.

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“…It is another important western technology which contributes to Sponge City. WSUD primarily targets at minimise the adverse effects of urban development on surrounding hydrological environment [10].…”

Section: History Of Sponge Citymentioning

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A Systematic Literature Mining of Sponge City: What Has Been Done and The Challenges Standing Ahead

Li¹,

Xu²,

Yao³

2018

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As the increase threat of flood risk and environmental safety due to the urbanization, Sponge city research has been attracting extensive attention both in practical and theoretical research field. To date, there are only scattered studies about Sponge city. Moreover, vary 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 thorough 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. Some literature statistical results are derived. Challenges and opportunities for future research are anticipated. Our goals are to promote this promising thought, summarize past research, and identify issues for future research to create impacts on the practice of Sponge city.

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Understanding the nature of publics and local policy commitment to Water Sensitive Urban Design

Cited by 106 publications

References 43 publications

Blue-Green Infrastructure: New Frontier for Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

Blue-Green Infrastructure: New Frontier for Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

Missing the link: urban stormwater quality and resident behaviour

A Systematic Literature Mining of Sponge City: What Has Been Done and The Challenges Standing Ahead

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