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Soil sealing is one of the most serious environmental problems today regarding its impact on cities. This article presents an analysis of the different urban practices currently used to mitigate the effects of soil sealing in urban areas. The main typologies, characteristics, differences, similarities and objectives have been considered. The practices analyzed were SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems), LIDs (Low Impact Developments), BMPs (Best Management Practices), WSUD (Water Sensitive Urban Design), GI (Green Infrastructure), and NbS (Nature-based Solutions). To understand the impact of these terms, an analysis of their presence in the scientific literature over the last 10 years is carried out. The results indicate that the trend in the use of these terms is increasing, with the number of articles having doubled in the last 10 years. This indicates the importance that the problem of soil sealing has acquired in the world, and the relevant environmental benefits of addressing it.

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are solutions used to reduce the effects of soil sealing and to contribute to sustainable storm water management. In recent years, many projects have been implemented in Europe, the United States, and Australia, but most of them have either not been monitored at all or have only been monitored in the short-term, so there is little information on the evolution of efficiency and clogging. Experiences in the Mediterranean are even rarer, so the main purpose of this research is to provide information about the long-term behavior of one kind of SuDS, the permeable pavements, in the middle-term under Mediterranean climatic conditions. This work shows the results of a real project developed in southern Spain, which has been monitored for five years. The evolution of efficiency in permeable pavements and their relationship with saturation are analyzed and discussed in this research. These results will help to manage and maintain permeable pavements in areas with a Mediterranean climatology.

RESUMENLa impermeabilización de la ciudad, fruto de un modelo de ocupación urbana intensivo, ha generado un aumento de los volúmenes de escorrentía que ha justificado la ampliación continua y siempre insuficiente de las redes de saneamiento, consolidando un modelo de gestión del drenaje insostenible. En los últimos años se está demandando un tratamiento de las aguas pluviales más acorde con los principios medioambientales, en el que la planificación sea el marco de referencia para el control del sellado del suelo y la mejora de la sostenibilidad urbana. En este artículo se presenta una propuesta metodológica para la aplicación de este nuevo modelo denominado 'diseño urbano sensible al agua' (DUSA), definiendo sus elementos principales y su integración en el planeamiento urbano.Palabras clave: planeamiento urbano, diseño urbano sensible al agua, sistema urbano de drenaje sostenible, SUDS, aguas pluviales, gestión del agua.