scholarly journals Multicriteria GIS-Based Approach in Priority Areas Analysis for Sustainable Urban Drainage Practices: A Case Study of Pato Branco, Brazil

Eng ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 96-111
Author(s):  
Claudinei Rodrigues de Aguiar ◽  
Jéssica Klemm Nuernberg ◽  
Thays Cristiane Leonardi
Keyword(s):  
Central Region ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Urban Drainage ◽  
Rain Gardens ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Permeable Pavements ◽  
Gis Environment ◽  
Management Approaches

Geographic information systems (GIS) and multicriteria decision methods are robust techniques for supporting the urban planning process, including urban drainage. New low-impact management approaches (LID) for rainwater have been investigated and have become increasingly used. Considering the central region of Pato Branco city, which suffers recurrent problems related to flooding, this work presents a method to identify potential areas for the application of LIDs, such as rainwater collection tanks, permeable pavements, green roofs, and rain gardens. The identification of these areas is based on the analysis in a GIS environment considering criteria related to both the land slope, the characteristics of land use and technical parameters. Thus, we observe that rainwater collection tanks are indicated for all habitations, permeable pavements are recommended for 6.30% of the study area, while green roofs can be implemented in 3.97% of the area. Finally, 3.03% can receive rain gardens. In total, 13.30% of the central region of Pato Branco can receive LIDs. The results obtained reveal that the use of the GIS tool associated with multicriteria analysis is efficient in choosing locations for the implementation of LIDs as alternatives for the management of urban drainage.

The performance of LID (low impact development) practices at different locations with an urban drainage system: a case study of Longyan, China

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 739-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Li ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Rui Fu ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Yanyan Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Surface ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Similar Degree ◽  
Rain Gardens ◽  
Runoff Generation ◽  
Permeable Pavements ◽  
Rain Barrels

Urbanization has strongly changed the condition of the land surface and therefore rainfall runoff varies greatly. Peak flood flow and flood volumes increase with runoff volume. Low Impact Development (LID) is a sustainable concept that minimizes the effects of urbanization to maintain natural hydrological function in urban cities and has therefore gained increasing attention. This paper studies the effects of low impact development measures on the reduction of runoff generation and peak runoff at different locations in Longyan, China. The study was conducted using the SWMM model (5.1.006) with a newly developed LID module. In this study, the LID module, which includes rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavements, and rain barrels, was used to simulate different layout scenarios and different rainfall patterns. The results show that the performance of a certain LID is similar at different locations but the reduction effect on runoff and peak flow varies. Rain gardens and permeable pavements perform a similar degree of reduction under different durations, but the peak flow reduction by rain barrels and green roofs varies greatly. Further research should focus on composite LID applications in other locations, combination with the local pipe network layout, which will ensure that the implemented system will be aesthetically pleasing, economically viable, and effective for reducing runoff and peak flow.

Lykilþættir í innleiðingu blágrænna ofanvatnslausna á Íslandi

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
Eyrún Pétursdóttir ◽  
Hrund Ó. Andradóttir ◽  
Halldóra Hreggviðsdóttir
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Rain Gardens ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Surface Water Management ◽  
Piping Networks ◽  
Construction Operation

Existing urban drainage structures that collect stormwater in underground piping networks face increased pressure with urban densification and increased rainfall intensity with global warming. Urban flooding may become more frequent in the future posing economic, environmental and health risks. Sustainable Drainage Solutions (SuDS) are increasingly being considered as a natural and economical approach to surface water management. Ponds, vegetated swales, rain gardens and green roofs slow down the surface water flow and break down pollutants stemming from traffic, asphalt wear and roof materials. SuDS has been designed for one neighbourhood in Iceland, Urriðaholt. The Icelandic Planning Act and National Planning Strategy have set the base for the implementation of SuDS. Iceland, however, lacks a comprehensive strategy to obtain the benefits of SuDS. This article presents the key success factors for implementing SuDS in Iceland, based on a review of Sweden's and England ́s decadal experience, and current legal, planning, knowledge and data environment in Iceland. Firstly, it is important to clarify the strategic goals of urban runoff management in governmental policy documents. Secondly, the implementation of SuDS needs to be intertwined with the planning process both in municipal and detailed planning phases. A collaborative effort must be undertaken between sewer specialists, planners and other professionals to develop novel surface water collection approaches with respect to local conditions. Collaboration, roles and responsibilities must be clear and identified throughout the SuDS life cycle, from strategy, planning and design, to construction, operation and maintenance. More interdisciplinary research needs to be conducted with regards to SuDS, and communicated to local stakeholders to improve their general knowledge on SuDS.

Possibility of using compensatory urban drainage techniques as leisure units to expand public areas into subdivisions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geovana Geloni Parra ◽  
Bernardo Arantes do Nascimento Teixeira ◽  
Érico Masiero ◽  
Thais Borges Martins Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Social Interest ◽  
Urban Drainage ◽  
Rain Gardens ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Retention Basin ◽  
Housing Complex ◽  
The City ◽  
Housing Estates ◽  
Drainage Technique

Abstract Many housing estates of social interest have not contributed to implementing leisure areas and reducing their environmental and urban quality. This paper aims to propose a leisure unit using a compensatory urban drainage technique in a housing complex of social interest in the city of São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. The characterization of the area, land use and occupation surveys, area sectorization, and catchment division were carried out. Afterwards, proposals for interventions based on surface runoff were presented using calculations of existing runoff and future scenarios. Results related to environmental and social gains for the area are discussed, as well as the possibility of implementing decentralized compensatory techniques. Moreover, 156 rain gardens and 3 ditches were proposed throughout the subdivisions, which enabled a gain of 989m² of contribution area to infiltrate the whole area, and the use of the retention basin as a leisure area. The total storage volume achieved with the sum of all the techniques implemented was approximately 3,000 cubic meters more than that projected for the existing retention basin.

Rainwater Management to Mitigate the Effects of Development on the Urban Hydrologic Cycle

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bradford ◽  
Chris Denich
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Hydrologic Cycle ◽  
Porous Pavement ◽  
Rainwater Management ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
Stream Erosion

Traditional stormwater management approaches that rely on rapid conveyance and end-of-pipe detention have not adequately mitigated the effects of urbanization on water resources and the aquatic and human communities that rely upon them. Low-impact development techniques that can support a shift to management of the post-development hydrologic cycle and runoff volumes offer better opportunities to prevent stream erosion and protect groundwater recharge, characteristics of the flow regime and water quality. The application and design of four techniques—porous pavement, bioretention cells, green roofs and rainwater harvesting— in the management of the post-development water balance are presented.

A multi-methodological approach for assessing sustainability of urban projects

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Bottero
Keyword(s):  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Hybrid Approach ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Discounted Cash Flow ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The City

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a multi-methodological approach for assessing the sustainability of urban projects. The proposed framework has the objective of addressing the different dimensions involved in the analysis (economic, environmental, social, technological, cultural, etc.), following the subsequent phases for the definition of the projects (from a very general masterplan to more detailed preliminary projects). Design/methodology/approach – The multi-methodological approach is organized according to subsequent steps, involving the application of different evaluation methods, namely SWOT analysis, multicriteria analysis, discounted cash flow analysis and sensitivity analysis. With the aim of better illustrating the proposed approach, the method is applied on a real case concerning the project of a new boulevard in the city of Skopje. Findings – The proposed approach resulted to be successful in structuring the complex planning context and in increasing and improving the information for the project, thus acting as a learning process. Originality/value – The paper is based on the experimentation of an hybrid approach for addressing planning process. The multi-methodological framework can be useful in supporting decision making process in the domain of urban projects. In this sense, the proposed framework is able to communicate the planners’, designers’ and decision maker’s perspectives, to enhance transparency in the decision process and thus to increase acceptance.

scholarly journals Can the implementation of Low Impact Development reduce basin runoff?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinxin Sui ◽  
Frans van de Ven
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Distributed Model ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
Permeable Pavements ◽  
Peak Runoff ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Low impact development (LID) was promoted as an alternative to conventional urban drainage methods. The effects of LID at site or urban scales have been widely evaluated. This project aims to investigate the impact of LID implementation on basin runoff at regional scale in a half urbanized catchment; especially the overlap of urban and rural sub-flows at peak times is concerned. A SUPERFLEX conceptual model framework was adapted as a semi-distributed model to simulate the rainfall-runoff relationship in the catchment for San Antonio, Texas as a case study. Scenario analyses of both urban development and LID implementation were conducted. Results show that (1) the infill urban development strategy benefits more from runoff control than the sprawl urban development strategy; (2) in non-flood season permeable pavements, bioretention cells, and vegetated swales decrease peak runoff forcefully and permeable pavements, bioretention cells, and green roofs are good at runoff volume retention; (3) contrary to the general opinion about the peak reduction effect of LID, for partly urbanized, partly rural basins and extremely wet conditions, the implementation of LID practices delays urban peak runoff and may cause stacking of rural and urban sub-flows, leading to larger basin peaks.

scholarly journals Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Ewelina Pochodyła ◽  
Katarzyna Glińska-Lewczuk ◽  
Agnieszka Jaszczak
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Rain Gardens ◽  
Natural Structure ◽  
Technical Structure ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Water Management Plans ◽  
Vertical Greening

Blue-green infrastructures (BGI) integrate solutions implemented to enhance water management and landscape values for more climateresilient and livable cities. BGI have created an opportunity to renew the natural structure of water balance in cities through the increase in rainwater retention and enlargement of permeable areas. The review of the literature on BGI development and solutions showed that the most popular BGI elements in terms of urban water quantity and quality were rain gardens, green roofs, vertical greening systems, and permeable pavements. Their structure and effectiveness were presented and reviewed. Despite the consensus between researchers that BGI benefit urban hydrology, differences in runoff decreased (2%-100%) lowering the peak flows (7%-70%) and infiltration (to 60%) or evapotranspiration (19%-84%) were reported. Due to an individual technical structure, each BGI element plays a specific role and there is no universal BGI solution against water-related problems. We inferred that the most effective ones were individually adapted solutions, which prevent from a stressor. The greater variety of solutions in a given area, the more benefits for the urban environment. Our analyses showed that a holistic and co-creative approach to create blue-green networks should be considered in modern water management plans.

scholarly journals Function-Based and Multi-Scale Approach to Green Roof Guidelines for Urban Sustainability Transitions: The Case of Bogota

Buildings ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 151 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Andrés Ibáñez Gutiérrez ◽  
Mónica Ramos-Mejía
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Green Roof ◽  
Green Roofs ◽  
Technical Parameters ◽  
Local Adaptations ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Inclusive Approach

A growing number of local green roof niches across the globe are transitioning into the mainstream domain. Guidelines are key to this process, as they define technological environments and set the criteria for best practices in a given socio-technical setting. Although the German Forschungsgesellschaft Landschaftsentwicklung Landschaftsbau (FLL) cornerstone guidelines provided solid empirical ground and established technical parameters for the successful application of green roofs across continents, investigations about alternative green roof guidelines for emerging markets remain very scarce. The paper presents the inclusive approach followed by the Bogota Green Roof Guidelines, which were the result of a multi-actor participatory process that examined how to embrace a wide range of emerging green roof technologies and local adaptations while promoting quality of application at different scales, regardless of the system used, and despite the absence of local robust empirical data on performance parameters. As a result, Bogota’s Green Roof Guidelines incorporated ad hoc elements: (1) new definitions and taxonomy, (2) function-based contents, (3) multi-scale approach, and (4) performance scoping. These aspects are discussed to provide novel insights for the advancement of green infrastructure policies in diverse institutional settings aiming to promote quality and simultaneously support markets that make room for a wide variety of green infrastructure practices.

scholarly journals Hazel plantation planning using GIS and multicriteria decision analysis

Poljoprivreda ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Plaščak ◽  
Jerko Glavaš ◽  
Željko Barač ◽  
Dorijan Radočaj ◽  
Mladen Jurišić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Analysis ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
Weighted Linear Combination ◽  
Surrounding Area ◽  
Analytical Hierarchical Process ◽  
Thematic Map ◽  
Gis Environment ◽  
The City

Spatial and environmental conditions on the agricultural land are invariable components and any plantation planning should take them into consideration. The conducted research presented methodology for suitability calculation of hazel plantations based on multicriteria analysis, performed in Vukovar-Srijem County. Nine criteria representing topographic, climate, pedology and infrastructure properties were modelled in GIS environment. Values of created layers were standardized using stepwise standardization and their respective weights were calculated by Analytical Hierarchical Process. These values were integrated using weighted linear combination, resulting with suitability values. The surrounding area of the City of Ilok had the highest suitability for hazel plantation in the studied locality, with maximum suitability 4.1 out of 5.0. Suitability was visualized on a thematic map, which enables farmers to interpret the data.

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