Barriers to sustainable urban stormwater management in developing countries: the case of Brazil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaí Floriano Vasconcelos ◽  
Ademir Paceli Barbassa ◽  
Maria Fernanda Nóbrega dos Santos ◽  
Maryam Imani
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Institutional Issues ◽  
Country Case Study ◽  
Professional Capacity

Urban stormwater management is one of the key challenges concerning the sustainability in urban areas. Through several approaches, sustainable urban stormwater management (SUSM) is becoming widely adopted around the world and is proving its effectiveness in enhancing sustainability and quality of life in the cities. Nevertheless, these strategies are still not widespread in developing countries, such as Brazil, where more than 40% of municipalities reported pluvial flooding in the last five years. Inspired by international experiences, this paper presents the barriers to the widespread adoption of SUSM in Brazil, as a developing country case study with severe urban stormwater management problems. A thorough literature review has been conducted. Surveys relating to urban stormwater management have been completed by different stakeholder groups to investigate the factors involved in the problem, such as institutional issues, professional capacity, and resource availability. “Lack of design and maintenance standards”, “Lack of long-term planning”, “Lack of dissemination and knowledge”, “Lack of incentives”, and “Reluctance to change” have been recognized as the most challenging barriers by 80% of the respondents. Overcoming the common barriers is the prelude to effective SUSM solutions to increase urban stormwater sustainability in Brazil and in other developing countries with similar challenges.

Urban stormwater: the analysis of the failure of the alternative techniques and the management of quality

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
E. Alfakih ◽  
S. Barraud ◽  
Y. Azzout ◽  
B. Chocat
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Alternative Technique ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Porous Pavement ◽  
Alternative Techniques ◽  
Design Construction

The implementation of alternative techniques in urban stormwater management is a difficult problem in terms of choice, design, construction, and operating. We applied a quality management approach to try and have a better understanding of these techniques. The quality of an alternative technique in urban stormwater management is defined; the factors that lead to failures were identified and analysed. In order to reduce these factors, tools were developed, and measures that allow the achievement of the necessary standard of quality are suggested. In this article, all the illustrations refer to the porous pavement technique.

Urban Stormwater Management in Developing Countries

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (0) ◽  
pp. 9781780402574-9781780402574 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Parkinson ◽  
O. Mark
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management

scholarly journals Barriers to sustainable urban stormwater management in developing countries: The case of Brazil

2022 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 105821
Author(s):  
Anaí Floriano Vasconcelos ◽  
Ademir Paceli Barbassa ◽  
Maria Fernanda Nóbrega dos Santos ◽  
Maryam Astaraie Imani
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management

scholarly journals Urban stormwater source control policies: why and how?

2014 ◽  
Vol 364 ◽  
pp. 446-451
Author(s):  
G. Petrucci ◽  
J.-F. Deroubaix ◽  
B. Tassin
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Source Control ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Catchments

Abstract. Stormwater source control is becoming a common strategy for urban stormwater management in many countries. It relies on regulations or other policy instruments compelling or inciting implementation, for each new urban development, of small-scale facilities to locally store and manage stormwater. Local authorities that pioneered source control since the 1980s have already observed that small-scale facilities systematically implemented over a catchment are able to influence its hydrological behaviour. This capability is the main strength of source control, as it allows compensation for the negative effects of urbanization. Yet, it also represents its main risk: if initial decision-making is not sufficiently accurate, source control can produce long-term negative effects. Because of its current spreading, source control will acquire an increasing role as a driver of hydrological changes in urban catchments, and the directions of these changes depend on current policy-making practices. This paper presents an analysis and a critical discussion of the main objectives that policy-makers attribute to stormwater source control. The investigation is based on a sample of French case studies, completed by a literature review for international comparison. It identifies four main objectives, some typical of urban stormwater management and some more innovative: flood reduction, receiving waters protection, sustainable development, costs reduction. The discussion focuses on how current policy-making practices are able to translate these objectives in concrete policy instruments, and on which knowledge and tools could improve this process. It is shown that for some objectives, basic knowledge is available, but the creation of policy instruments which are effective at the catchment scale and adapted to local conditions is still problematic. For other objectives, substantial lacks of knowledge exist, casting doubts on long-term effectiveness of current policy instruments. Research directions are identified to improve source control policies and thus the future hydrologic behaviour of many urban catchments.

Strategies to overcome barriers and to effectively achieve sustainable urban stormwater management: A review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaí Floriano Vasconcelos ◽  
Ademir Paceli Barbassa
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
The Other ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Solution Strategies ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Common Barriers

Sustainable urban stormwater management (SUSM) is essential to urban sustainability. However, barriers to adopting it are observed even in places where SUSM is more widespread. Recent studies have evaluated strategies for overcoming some types of barriers. However, any study has systematically analyzed the strategies available for overcoming the most common barriers, contributing to widely adopting SUSM. Thus, this article aimed to provide a literature review on these strategies. Sixty-six documents were evaluated, resulting in eight solution strategies, detailed by 81 implementation measures, which were critically analyzed. The interrelationships among the solution strategies and their applicability to overcome the SUSM-related barriers were evaluated. This analysis showed that the solution strategies are interdependent, so it would be inefficient to adopt the strategies in isolation. On the other hand, adopting a strategy can help overcome several barriers, also enhancing other strategies, and consequently contributing to the global scenario of effective SUSM adoption. The availability of this systematized information helps break through common barriers and optimizing efforts to adopt SUSM where it is incipient.

A study on the effects of urban runoff controls in the sandsli research catchment, Bergen, Norway

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 379-384
Author(s):  
Sveinn T. Thorolfsson
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Urban Runoff ◽  
Source Control ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Water Conditions

This paper describes a case study on a new alternative drainage system for urban stormwater management, the so-called “Sandsli-system”. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Sandsli system and the effects of the solution on ground water conditions. The study is carried out in the Sandsli research catchment in Bergen, Norway. The idea behind the “Sandsli-system is not to mix the polluted and the clean stormwater combined with a source control for both stormwater quantity and quality. The clean stormwater is percolated as quickly as possible, while the polluted stormwater is collected and conducted to an appropriate site for disposal or treatment. The Sandsli-system was developed as an alternative drainage system to the conventional drainage system. The system has been functioning satisfactorily since 1981 to date. The advantages of the use of the Sandsli-system is highlighted i.e. recharging the stormwater to the ground water. The Sandsli-system is appropriate to locations with climate and geology similar to that found in the coastal part of Norway

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