Flexible design of urban drainage systems: demand led research for Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg

Eckart, Jochen; Sieker, Heiko; Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy; Alsharif, Kamal A.

doi:10.1007/s11157-011-9256-5

Cited by 19 publications

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“…SuDS should be an intrinsic part of the built environment (Landscape Institute, 2013). In addition to providing water quantity and quality controls, SuDS can support natural ecological systems and are more adaptable than piped drainage systems (Eckart, 2012); an important attribute in the face of climate change and urbanisation (e.g. Rogers et al, 2012).…”

Section: Sustainable Drainage Systems (English Acronym -Suds; Scottismentioning

confidence: 99%

UK sustainable drainage systems: past, present and future

Ashley

Walker

D’Arcy³

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engin

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Urban drainage has developed from an engineering discipline concerned principally with public health and safety outcomes, into a multi-faceted vision linking drainage with environmental and wider social and economic imperatives to deliver multi-functional outcomes. UK attention is too often focused on surface water as a problem despite international progress and initiatives showing that an opportunity-centred approach needs to be taken. Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS/SUDS) as part of an integrated approach to water management, cost-effectively provide many benefits beyond management of water quality and quantity. New tools are available that can provide the means to design SuDS for maximum value to society and this requires greater collaboration across disciplines to seize all of the opportunities available. Tools and a roadmap for this are introduced, including guidance, design objectives and criteria for maximising benefits. These new supporting tools and guidance can help provide the business case for using SuDS.

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Section: Sustainable Drainage Systems (English Acronym -Suds; Scottismentioning

confidence: 99%

UK sustainable drainage systems: past, present and future

Ashley

Walker

D’Arcy³

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engin

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“…Therefore, B£ST provides some indication of the flexibility of an option using an indicator score of the relative distribution of benefits in the medium to longer term. The more homogeneous the distribution of benefits, the more likelihood that an option will continue to provide value in the (uncertain) future [74]. Using a 6-point scale of A to F (more flexible to least), the BGI options described in §4b and §4c had scores of F and D, respectively.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, recent ideas for turning problems into opportunities and for multi-use infrastructure are now beginning to bear fruit, with nature-based infrastructure being implemented in many places [53,78]. Nature-based BGI systems are inherently more resilient to climate change impacts than grey infrastructure [74], and more readily adaptable to changing circumstances [53]. Evolution, as an example, illustrates how natural systems can autonomously adapt to changing circumstances, given time.…”

Section: Sustainabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Managing flooding: from a problem to an opportunity

Ashley

Gersonius²,

Horton³

2020

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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The paper argues that the concept and practice of sustainability have proved too difficult to achieve within traditional water management, and there is a lack of political will to move towards truly sustainable water services. Instead, compromised concepts, including resistance, resilience, ecosystem services, natural capital and adaptation are defining approaches; each of which may contribute partially to sustainability. Pressures due to the changing climate, ecological degradation, human demands, urbanization and deteriorating assets are challenging sustainability and compelling changes to water management. Water is now seen less as a problem to be managed than as an opportunity, as wherever situated, water brings many opportunities to contribute to anthropogenic needs. New ideas are helping to frame the way in which water management is being approached: (i) waste is no longer waste, but a potential resource within a circular economy; (ii) the interconnectedness of infrastructure systems and services and circularity of the water cycle mean there is a need to integrate approaches; (iii) nature-based systems should be preferenced for water infrastructure. These issues and ideas are considered here, together with examples of schemes showing that managing flooding can lead to wider benefits, and potential longer-term sustainability. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Urban flood resilience’.

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“…For example, the Indian Bend Wash in Scottsdale, Arizona provides public park space, active transport infrastructure, and enhanced ecosystem services in its safe-to-fail drainage structure rather than a large, single function concrete drainage way (Collins et al, 2011;Kim et al, 2017). Permeable pavement systems address the generation of runoff, thus using a hardware-to-services competency in replacing some stormwater pipe networks or storage with the service of infiltration (Eckart, Sieker, Vairavamoorthy, & Alsharif, 2012;Scholz & Grabowiecki, 2007;Winston, Dorsey, Smolek, & Hunt, 2018 Feigenoff, 2017;D. Hill et al, 2014;Kerkez et al, 2016;Opti, 2018).…”

Section: Resilient Stormwater and Flood Control Services Resilient Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Concepts and practices for transforming infrastructure from rigid to adaptable

Gilrein

Carvalhaes

Markolf

et al. 2019

Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

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Infrastructure are increasingly being recognized as too rigid to quickly adapt to a changing climate and a non-stationary future. This rigidness poses risks to and impacts on infrastructure service delivery and public welfare. Adaptivity in infrastructure is critical for managing uncertainties to continue providing services, yet little is known about how infrastructure can be made more agile and flexible towards improved adaptive capacity. A literature review identified approximately fifty examples of novel infrastructure and technologies which support adaptivity through one or more of ten theoretical competencies of adaptive infrastructure. From these examples emerged several infrastructure forms and possible strategies for adaptivity, including smart technologies, combined centralized/decentralized organizational structures, and renewable electricity generation. With institutional and cultural support, such novel structures and systems have the potential to transform infrastructure provision and management.

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Flexible design of urban drainage systems: demand led research for Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

UK sustainable drainage systems: past, present and future

UK sustainable drainage systems: past, present and future

Managing flooding: from a problem to an opportunity

Concepts and practices for transforming infrastructure from rigid to adaptable

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