Journal articles: 'Sustainable urban drainage systems'

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Alexandra Georgiana, Ioan, Iancu Iulian, and Anton Anton. "Modelling Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems." Revista Romana de Inginerie Civila/Romanian Journal of Civil Engineering 13, no. 2 (March 31, 2022): 119–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.37789/rjce.2022.13.2.1.

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Butler, David, and Jonathan Parkinson. "Towards sustainable urban drainage." Water Science and Technology 35, no. 9 (May 1, 1997): 53–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1997.0330.

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The issue of sustainable development is now high on the global agenda, but there is still a considerable degree of uncertainty in its definition, let alone implementation. The aim of this paper is to reappraise the provision of urban drainage services in the light of this current debate. The approach advocated is not to strive for the unattainable goal of completely sustainable drainage, rather to actively promote “less unsustainable” systems. To do this requires both an understanding of the long-term and widespread impacts of continuing current practices and an understanding of the implications of making changes. Sustainable urban drainage should: maintain a good public health barrier, avoid local or distant pollution of the environment, minimise the utilisation of natural resources (e.g. water, energy, materials), and be operable in the long-term and adaptable to future requirements. Three strategies are proposed that can be carried out immediately, incrementally and effectively and these are to reduce potable water “use”, to reduce and then eliminate the mixing of industrial wastewater with domestic waste, and to reduce and then eliminate the mixing of stormwater and domestic wastewater. A number of techniques are described which may allow adoption of these strategies, many of them small-scale, source control technologies. An incremental approach containing both high-tech and low-tech answers to appropriate problems is the most likely to be implemented but each case must be decided on its merits.

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Ellis, J. B., B. J. D'Arcy, and P. R. Chatfield. "Sustainable Urban-Drainage Systems and Catchment Planning." Water and Environment Journal 16, no. 4 (November 2002): 286–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2002.tb00418.x.

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O'Sullivan, John J., Michael Bruen, Padraig J. Purcell, and Fasil Gebre. "Urban drainage in Ireland - embracing sustainable systems." Water and Environment Journal 26, no. 2 (October 6, 2011): 241–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-6593.2011.00282.x.

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Ngong Deng, Abraham Ayuen, Nursetiawan, and Jazaul Ikhsan. "Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (2014-2023) by Using Bibliometric Analysis Method." Journal of Sustainable Civil Engineering and Technology 3, no. 1 (March 29, 2024): 145–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/jscet.v3i1.145-170.

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Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) are increasingly crucial for stormwater management. This bibliometric review analyses research trends on sustainable urban drainage systems over the past decade (2014- 2023) using data from Scopus. The analysis found 705 articles, 192 conference papers, 85 book chapters, and 64 reviews on sustainable urban drainage systems. Publication volume increased by 66% during the study period, indicating rising research interest. The most cited article (294 citations) was a 2019 review by Andrés-Doménech et al. on innovations in sustainable urban drainage systems. Analysis of author keywords revealed 8 clusters of research topics, with "sustainable urban drainage systems" being the dominant term with 889 keywords. Although general sustainable urban drainage system terms prevail, the use of keywords related to network visualization methods like VOS viewer is rapidly increasing. The United Kingdom published the most SUDS research (315 articles), followed by China (149), Spain (135), the United States (126), and Italy (107 articles). Research was concentrated in the environmental science and engineering fields. However, this bibliometric analysis provides insights into SUDS research trends, the most active countries and institutions, and emerging topic areas. The rapid increase in publications and use of network visualization techniques demonstrates SUDS' growing importance in urban stormwater management. The results can help inform future research directions, such as applying advanced data analytics to improve SUDS design and performance. Expanding bibliometric analyses with additional techniques like VOS viewer could further enhance understanding of this critical area of urban environmental research. Developing bibliometric methods and adding feature extraction algorithms when selecting features used to model data can increase the efficiency and accuracy of the data on sustainable urban drainage systems. The development of research data using Vos viewers images with this type of data processing research can also be maximized for research related to the sustainable urban drainage system.

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Fryd, Ole, Torben Dam, and Marina Bergen Jensen. "A planning framework for sustainable urban drainage systems." Water Policy 14, no. 5 (June 5, 2012): 865–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2012.025.

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Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) call for collaborative and interdisciplinary practices. The problem with this is the social and technical complexities involved, and the absence of a shared understanding of the challenge and the scope of integrated solutions. It is necessary to clarify the contributions and interactions between disciplines in order to achieve integrated planning and design of SUDS. This paper reviews the literature across disciplinary fields and outlines key messages and uncertainties within each discipline. The outcome is a framework comprising time, space and human values, as well as biophysical processes (e.g. engineering), spatial strategies (e.g. urban design) and adaptive strategies (e.g. management). It identifies the planning of SUDS as a collective learning process with continuous iterations between disciplines, while also reflecting the past, present and future of a specific site.

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Andrés-Doménech, Ignacio, Jose Anta, Sara Perales-Momparler, and Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez. "Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in Spain: A Diagnosis." Sustainability 13, no. 5 (March 5, 2021): 2791. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13052791.

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Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) were almost unknown in Spain two decades ago; today, urban drainage in the country is transitioning towards a more sustainable and regenerative management in a global context where green policies are gaining prominence. This research establishes a diagnosis of SUDS in Spain and examines the extent to which the country is moving towards the new paradigm in three dimensions: (a) the governance and social perception of the community, (b) the regulative background, and (c) the implementation and the technical performance of SUDS. The diagnosis identifies barriers that hinder the change. Then, we define the challenges that Spain has to face to overcome obstacles that delay the transition. Barriers to the governance sphere are related to the lack of involvement, knowledge, and organisational responsibilities. Within the regulative framework, the absence of national standards hinders the general implementation at the national scale, although few regional and local authorities are taking steps in the right direction with their own regulations. From the technical perspective, SUDS performance within the Spanish context was determined, although some shortcomings are still to be investigated. Despite the slowdown caused by the hard recession periods and the more recent political instability, SUDS implementation in Spain is today a fact, and the country is close to reaching the stabilisation stage.

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Todeschini, S., S. Papiri, and C. Ciaponi. "Stormwater quality control for sustainable urban drainage systems." International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning 9, no. 2 (April 30, 2014): 196–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/sdp-v9-n2-196-210.

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Seyedashraf, Omid, Andrea Bottacin-Busolin, and Julien J. Harou. "Many-Objective Optimization of Sustainable Drainage Systems in Urban Areas with Different Surface Slopes." Water Resources Management 35, no. 8 (June 2021): 2449–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-02840-4.

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AbstractSustainable urban drainage systems are multi-functional nature-based solutions that can facilitate flood management in urban catchments while improving stormwater runoff quality. Traditionally, the evaluation of the performance of sustainable drainage infrastructure has been limited to a narrow set of design objectives to simplify their implementation and decision-making process. In this study, the spatial design of sustainable urban drainage systems is optimized considering five objective functions, including minimization of flood volume, flood duration, average peak runoff, total suspended solids, and capital cost. This allows selecting an ensemble of admissible portfolios that best trade-off capital costs and the other important urban drainage services. The impact of the average surface slope of the urban catchment on the optimal design solutions is discussed in terms of spatial distribution of sustainable drainage types. Results show that different subcatchment slopes result in non-uniform distributional designs of sustainable urban drainage systems, with higher capital costs and larger surface areas of green assets associated with steeper slopes. This has two implications. First, urban areas with different surface slopes should not have a one-size-fits-all design policy. Second, spatial equality must be taken into account when applying optimization models to urban subcatchments with different surface slopes to avoid unequal distribution of environmental and human health co-benefits associated with green drainage infrastructure.

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Kändler, Nils, Ivar Annus, Anatoli Vassiljev, and Raido Puust. "Real time controlled sustainable urban drainage systems in dense urban areas." Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 69, no. 3 (December 2, 2019): 238–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2019.083.

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Abstract Stormwater runoff from urban catchments is affected by the changing climate and rapid urban development. Intensity of rainstorms is expected to increase in Northern Europe, and sealing off surfaces reduces natural stormwater management. Both trends increase stormwater peak runoff volume that urban stormwater systems (UDS) have to tackle. Pipeline systems have typically limited capacity, therefore measures must be foreseen to reduce runoff from new developed areas to existing UDS in order to avoid surcharge. There are several solutions available to tackle this challenge, e.g. low impact development (LID), best management practices (BMP) or stormwater real time control measures (RTC). In our study, a new concept of a smart in-line storage system is developed and evaluated on the background of traditional in-line and off-line detention solutions. The system is operated by real time controlled actuators with an ability to predict rainfall dynamics. This solution does not need an advanced and expensive centralised control system; it is easy to implement and install. The concept has been successfully tested in a 12.5 ha urban development area in Tallinn, the Estonian capital. Our analysis results show a significant potential and economic feasibility in the reduction of peak flow from dense urban areas with limited free construction space.

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Jefferies, C., A. Duffy, N. Berwick, N. McLean, and A. Hemingway. "Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) treatment train assessment tool." Water Science and Technology 60, no. 5 (May 1, 2009): 1233–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.463.

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This paper outlines a rationale and scoring system for the stormwater treatment train assessment tool (STTAT) which is a proposed regulatory tool for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). STTAT provides guidance and regulatory consistency for developers about the requirements of planners and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). The tool balances the risks of pollution to the receiving water body with the treatment provided in a treatment train. It encourages developers to take SUDS into account early, avoiding any misunderstanding of SUDS requirements at the planning stage of a development. A pessimistic view on pollution risks has been adopted since there may be a change of land use on the development in the future. A realistic view has also been taken of maintenance issues and the ‘survivability’ of a SUDS component. The development of STTAT as a response to the requirements of the Water Framework Directive is explored, the individual scores being given in tabular format for receiving water and catchment risks. Treatment scores are proposed for single SUDS components as well as multiple components within treatment trains. STTAT has been tested on a range of sites, predominantly in Scotland where both development and receiving water information was known. The operational tool in use by SEPA is presented.

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Alias, Muhamad Nurfasya, Muhammad Mujahid Muhammad, Khamaruzaman Wan Yusof, Muhammad Raza Ul Mustafa, and Aminuddin Ab. Ghani. "Hydraulic Analysis of Biochannels for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems." MATEC Web of Conferences 68 (2016): 08002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166808002.

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Hidalgo-Monroy, Gianina, Sebastian Vasquez-Avila, and Felipe Araya. "Análisis cualitativo de sostenibilidad social de sistemas de drenaje urbano en Chile." Revista Hábitat Sustentable 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2022): 44–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.22320/07190700.2022.12.01.03.

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Moving towards sustainable urban development leads to applying new forms of drainage, which provide multiple technical and social benefits to the community. However, in countries like Chile, there is still a large gap regarding methodologies to assess the social sustainability of projects in this area. Using a qualitative content analysis applied to experts’ interviews (n = 11), this study aims at (1) identifying metrics to assess the social sustainability of urban drainage systems; (2) identifying challenges for the implementation of such metrics, and (3) proposing changes to the current system, to assess urban drainage systems that enhance the integration of social sustainability within these systems. The results show that experts proposed metrics that may assess social sustainability, but in practice, these metrics are difficult to quantify. In terms of challenges, the fragmentation of responsibilities from organizations that are involved in managing urban drainage systems may complicate the use of new social sustainability metrics. Ultimately, it is suggested that an institution is created that can manage urban drainage systems using an integrative approach, to account for the benefits of social sustainability of urban drainage systems. These results can be used by authorities and decision-makers who work with urban drainage systems, to move towards methodologies that consider the benefits of social sustainability.

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Shutes, B., J. B. Ellis, D. M. Revitt, and L. N. L. Scholes. "Constructed wetlands in UK urban surface drainage systems." Water Science and Technology 51, no. 9 (May 1, 2005): 31–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2005.0281.

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This paper presents the outcome of an inventory of planted wetland systems in the UK which are classified according to land use type and are all examples of sustainable drainage systems. The introduction of constructed wetlands to treat surface runoff essentially followed a 1997 Environment Agency for England and Wales report advocating the use of “soft engineered” facilities including wetlands in the context of sustainable development and Agenda 21. Subsequently published reports by the UK Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) have promoted the potential benefits to both developer and the community of adopting constructed wetlands and other vegetated systems as a sustainable drainage approach. In addition, the UK Environment Agency and Highways Agency (HA) have recently published their own design criteria and requirements for vegetative control and treatment of road runoff. A case study of the design and performance of a constructed wetland system for the treatment of road runoff is discussed. The performance of these systems will be assessed in terms of their design criteria, runoff loadings as well as vegetation and structure maintenance procedures. The differing design approaches in guidance documents published in the UK by the Environment Agency, CIRIA and HA will also be evaluated.

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Rentachintala, Lakshmi Raghu Nagendra Prasad, M. G. Muni Reddy, and Pranab Kumar Mohapatra. "Urban stormwater management for sustainable and resilient measures and practices: a review." Water Science and Technology 85, no. 4 (January 22, 2022): 1120–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.017.

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Abstract Stormwater drainage in urban areas has become a challenge due to the rapid and random growth of urban areas, removal of vegetation, reduction in the effectiveness of drainage infrastructure, and climate change. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), Low Impact Development (LID), Best Management Practices (BMP), Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and the Sponge City Programme (SCP) are various aspects for urban stormwater management in a few parts of the world. Urban hydrology plays a vital role in the urban stormwater management system. However, optimal results can only be possible when the combined effect of climate change, land use patterns, reuse, treatment, ecology, and societal aspects are considered. There is a need to provide sustainable and resilient urban drainage systems to manage stormwater more efficiently. The present review has thoroughly discussed various features related to urban stormwater management, highlighted key drivers, identified knowledge gaps in each of the measures and/or practices, recommended future research needs of urban stormwater management to become sustainable and resilient. Integrated modelling approaches considering various key drivers including reuse and real time governance enables stormwater management to be sustainable and resilient in urban environments.

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See, Lay Shien, Luke Calo, Benjamin Bannon, and Aaron Opdyke. "An Open Data Approach to Mapping Urban Drainage Infrastructure in Developing Communities." Water 12, no. 7 (July 1, 2020): 1880. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12071880.

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Urban flooding in developing countries represents a growing threat to sustainable development efforts, yet the tools needed to study these infrastructure systems in data-scarce environments are woefully inadequate. This study seeks to propose a standardized approach and methods for mapping urban drainage systems in developing communities. The research draws on a case study from the Philippines, which sought to conduct rapid elevation surveys and drainage assessments employing open source geographical information system (GIS) tools. We develop a standardized procedure for digitizing drainage systems using OpenStreetMap and Field Papers, as well as discuss applications of this data for drainage design. The results contribute to a methodological framework that can be replicated in other similar developing communities where study of urban drainage is needed for sustainable development and disaster risk reduction efforts.

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Muhammad Ade Kurnia Harahap, Loso Judijanto, Bucky Wibawa Karya Guna, Jasman, and Ilham Samanlangi. "Innovative Approaches to Urban Drainage System : A Review." Indonesia Journal of Engineering and Education Technology (IJEET) 2, no. 2 (May 4, 2024): 257–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.61991/ijeet.v2i2.48.

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Conventional urban drainage systems are often unable to cope with extreme rainfall and rapid urbanization, resulting in flooding and water pollution. Innovative approaches are needed to improve the performance and sustainability of urban drainage systems. This research aims to explore and analyze innovative approaches in urban drainage systems to improve efficiency, sustainability and resilience to climate change. This type of research is literature research. Data collection techniques are direct observation through journal databases and documentation. Data analysis in the research is qualitative data analysis. The results concluded a promising innovative approach to improve the performance and sustainability of urban drainage systems. Integrated application of this innovative approach can help create more resilient, sustainable and environmentally friendly urban drainage systems, contributing to healthier and climate change resilient cities. Further research is needed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness and scalability of this approach in various urban contexts.

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Yazdanfar, Zeinab, and Ashok Sharma. "Urban drainage system planning and design – challenges with climate change and urbanization: a review." Water Science and Technology 72, no. 2 (May 4, 2015): 165–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2015.207.

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Urban drainage systems are in general failing in their functions mainly due to non-stationary climate and rapid urbanization. As these systems are becoming less efficient, issues such as sewer overflows and increase in urban flooding leading to surge in pollutant loads to receiving water bodies are becoming pervasive rapidly. A comprehensive investigation is required to understand these factors impacting the functioning of urban drainage, which vary spatially and temporally and are more complex when weaving together. It is necessary to establish a cost-effective, integrated planning and design framework for every local area by incorporating fit for purpose alternatives. Carefully selected adaptive measures are required for the provision of sustainable drainage systems to meet combined challenges of climate change and urbanization. This paper reviews challenges associated with urban drainage systems and explores limitations and potentials of different adaptation alternatives. It is hoped that the paper would provide drainage engineers, water planners, and decision makers with the state of the art information and technologies regarding adaptation options to increase drainage systems efficiency under changing climate and urbanization.

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Jia, Sitzenfrei, Rauch, Liang, and Liu. "Effects of Urban Forms on Separate Drainage Systems: A Virtual City Perspective." Water 11, no. 4 (April 11, 2019): 758. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11040758.

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The development of urban drainage systems is challenged by rapid urbanization; however, little attention is paid to the urban form and its effects on these systems. This study develops an integrated city-drainage model that configures typical urban forms and their associated drainage infrastructures, specifically domestic wastewater and rainwater systems, to analyze the relationship between them. Three typical types of urban forms were investigated: the square, the star, and the strip. Virtual cities were designed first, with the corresponding drainage systems generated automatically and then linked to a model herein called the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). Evaluation was based on 200 random configurations of wastewater/rainwater systems with different structures or attributes. The results show that urban forms play more important roles on three dimensions of performance, namely economic efficiency, effectiveness, and adaptability, of the rainwater systems than of the wastewater systems. Cost is positively correlated to the effectiveness of rainwater systems among the different urban forms, while adaptability is negatively correlated to the other two performance dimensions. Regardless of the form, it is difficult for a city to make its drainage systems simultaneously cost-effective, efficient, and adaptable based on the virtual cities we investigated. This study could inspire the urban planning of both built-up and to-be-built areas to become more sustainable with their drainage infrastructure by recognizing the pros and cons of different macroscale urban forms.

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Boller, M. "Towards sustainable urban stormwater management." Water Supply 4, no. 1 (February 1, 2004): 55–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2004.0007.

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New directives for the management of urban stormwater prioritize infiltration and direct discharge into receiving waters. This requires innovative new stormwater facilities in urban areas. Besides hydraulic requirements for retention and infiltration capacity, the pollutants contained in the runoff water are of primary importance in future stormwater drainage concepts. Different urban surfaces are classified according to their potential for pollutant wash-off and the most crucial substances in view of hazardous effects in the aquatic and terrestrial environment are identified. Source control of hazardous pollutants by choosing alternative materials for the construction of buildings, roads and vehicles is considered to be most sustainable but will only be effective on a longterm perspective. In addition, new facilities for decentralized hydraulic retention combined with barrier systems for the most hazardous substances are proposed allowing for ecologically safe discharge of the stormwater into the local environment. Soil passage and new adsorber systems in the form of different granular adsorbents have been investigated and turned out to represent efficient retention systems which can well be integrated into infiltration and hydraulic retention facilities. It is suggested that the structures for stormwater handling are integrated into local landscaping in the surrounding of buildings in the form of ponds, reed-beds, ditches, etc. creating attractive blue-green environments.

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Oladunjoye, Oluwayemi, David Proverbs, and Hong Xiao. "Retrofitting Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS): A Cost-Benefit Analysis Appraisal." Water 14, no. 16 (August 16, 2022): 2521. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14162521.

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Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) are known to help mitigate flooding whilst simultaneously delivering other positive outcomes, such as the provision of environmental, economic, educational, and business benefits. Despite this, there has been a relatively low uptake of SuDS in new developments and even less of an uptake in the opportunities for retrofitting SuDS in existing buildings. A major barrier to uptake has been a lack of understanding regarding the value of the benefits provided by SuDS. This study presents an appraisal of the costs and benefits derived from the retrofitting of SuDS in existing buildings and reveals some of the key decision-making considerations during the design and installation of such schemes. A qualitative research approach that included a number of case studies of successfully retrofitted SuDS schemes within public buildings was conducted. A novel feature of the research was the use of the Willingness to Pay (WTP) approach to value the tangible and intangible benefits provided by the various schemes from the perspectives of the property owners. The findings revealed that the retrofit provided a net value to the client of over £100,000 over 10 years, a mean CBA ratio of 5.3/10, and a return on investment (ROI) that would be achieved in less than 3 years. The importance of stakeholder engagement during the decision-making process was highlighted in helping to overcome many of the design, installation, and maintenance challenges. The findings demonstrate a significant ROI for these SuDs retrofit schemes and highlight useful approaches to overcoming the barriers in valuing the importance of the intangible benefits. In supporting the uptake of the retrofitting of SuDS, it is recommended that these benefits are given full consideration by property owners, urban planners, and architects during the design of retrofit schemes and throughout the decision-making stage.

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Thodesen, Bridget, Berit Time, and Tore Kvande. "Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems: Themes of Public Perception—A Case Study." Land 11, no. 4 (April 18, 2022): 589. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11040589.

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Climate adaptation measures address the challenges that densification and climate change impose on the urban environment. Sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) constructs include the introduction of natural elements, such as riparian buffers, vegetative filters, rain beds, water spills, watermark filters, retainers and dams, and are an integral part of these climate adaptation measures. SUDS are commonly undertaken at a municipal level in Norway but, unfortunately, the implementation of SUDS projects has lagged behind expectation. Norway is a normative and egalitarian society, where public resistance to local projects is a factor in the delayed adoption of SUDS. That is why a greater understanding of public perceptions and priorities is needed to build consensus and support for these climate adaptation measures. This research looked at the Blaklibekken SUDS case study in Trondheim, Norway. A cross-section of interviews with the municipality and users was undertaken to establish themes within local perceptions of the project. Themes of environmental benefit, child-related activities, maintenance of the site and funding were established to provide a better understanding of public expectations and what aspects of the project correlated with public acceptance or resistance. This work provides a starting point for further research to establish public ‘themes of interest’ that can provide decision makers greater insight into public priorities.

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Barreto, W., N. Ramos, K. Castro, J. Torres, R. Torres, and R. Picón. "Development of a GIS Tool for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Evaluation." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 503 (June 19, 2020): 012033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/503/1/012033.

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Caprario, Jakcemara, Aline Schuck Rech, Fabiane Andressa Tasca, and Alexandra Rodrigues Finotti. "Influence of drainage network and compensatory techniques on urban flooding susceptibility." Water Science and Technology 79, no. 6 (March 15, 2019): 1152–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2019.113.

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Abstract Urban flooding due to accelerated urbanization and the resulting drainage problems have become a worldwide issue and the subject of several studies in recent decades. Alternative and holistic approaches such as sustainable drainage systems have been gaining prominence. Compensatory techniques represent one of these promising alternatives for managing flooding risk in the transition to regenerative urban environments. The goal of this study is to assess the effect of a drainage network together with compensatory techniques on the susceptibility to urban flooding in Campeche District. This study applies the analytical hierarchy process together with a consistency analysis, using overlapping influential parameters in three scenarios. The results show that introducing a drainage system decreases the susceptibility to urban flooding in approximately 27% of Campeche District. In general, considering the absence of a drainage network, it is concluded that its implementation together with compensatory structures provides a reduction of approximately 32% in the susceptibility to urban flooding. It should be noted that, although costly, interventions for the implementation of a drainage infrastructure associated with compensatory techniques are extremely important for disaster reduction and sustainable development.

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Jiménez Ariza, Martínez, Muñoz, Quijano, Rodríguez, Camacho, and Díaz-Granados. "A Multicriteria Planning Framework to Locate and Select Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in Consolidated Urban Areas." Sustainability 11, no. 8 (April 17, 2019): 2312. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11082312.

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The implementation of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) is increasing due to their advantages, which transcend runoff control. As a result, it is important to find the appropriate SUDS locations to maximize the benefits for the watershed. This study develops a multiscale methodology for consolidated urban areas that allows the analysis of environmental, social, and economic aspects of SUDS implementation according to multiple objectives (i.e., runoff management, water quality improvements, and amenity generation). This methodology includes three scales: (a) citywide, (b) local, and (c) microscale. The citywide scale involves the definition of objectives through workshops with the participation of the main stakeholders, and the development of spatial analyses to identify (1) priority urban drainage sub-catchments: areas that need intervention, and (2) strategic urban drainage sub-catchments: zones with the opportunity to integrate SUDS due the presence of natural elements or future urban redevelopment plans. At a local scale, prospective areas are analyzed to establish the potential of SUDS implementation. Microscale comprises the use of the results from the previous scales to identify the best SUDS placement. In the latter scale, the SUDS types and treatment trains are selected. The methodology was applied to the city of Bogotá (Colombia) with a population of nearly seven million inhabitants living in an area of approximately 400 km2. Results include: (a) The identification of priority urban drainage sub-catchments, where the implementation of SUDS could bring greater benefits; (b) the determination of strategic urban drainage sub-catchments considering Bogotá’s future urban redevelopment plans, and green and blue-green corridors; and (c) the evaluation of SUDS suitability for public and private areas. We found that the most suitable SUDS types for public areas in Bogotá are tree boxes, cisterns, bioretention zones, green swales, extended dry detention basins, and infiltration trenches, while for private residential areas they are rain barrels, tree boxes, green roofs, and green swales.

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Andrés-Valeri, V. C., D. Castro-Fresno, L. A. Sañudo-Fontaneda, and J. Rodriguez-Hernandez. "Comparative analysis of the outflow water quality of two sustainable linear drainage systems." Water Science and Technology 70, no. 8 (September 2, 2014): 1341–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.382.

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Three different drainage systems were built in a roadside car park located on the outskirts of Oviedo (Spain): two sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), a swale and a filter drain; and one conventional drainage system, a concrete ditch, which is representative of the most frequently used roadside drainage system in Spain. The concentrations of pollutants were analyzed in the outflow of all three systems in order to compare their capacity to improve water quality. Physicochemical water quality parameters such as dissolved oxygen, total suspended solids, pH, electrical conductivity, turbidity and total petroleum hydrocarbons were monitored and analyzed for 25 months. Results are presented in detail showing significantly smaller amounts of outflow pollutants in SUDS than in conventional drainage systems, especially in the filter drain which provided the best performance.

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Nóblega-Carriquiry, Andrea. "Contributions of Urban Political Ecology to sustainable drainage transitions." Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica 68, no. 2 (May 18, 2022): 363–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.5565/rev/dag.701.

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This article aims to demonstrate how critical urban geography and Urban Political Ecology (UPE) can provide analytical tools to fully incorporate the social dimension in Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), overcoming ageographical and depoliticized understandings of sustainable stormwater transitions. Through its socio-technical framework, Sustainability Transitions Theory (STT) has contributed significantly to the discourses around governance, infrastructure and management of the new stormwater paradigm from hazard to resource. However, the theory fails to recognise the complexities that geographical, historical and political dynamics introduce into this process, as questions arise regarding why, how and for whom stormwater becomes a resource. The article argues that UPE can offer insights into why and how drainage transitions may take place in specific contexts, considering aspects of sustainability, social equity, justice and democracy.

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Monberg, Rikke Juul, Andy G. Howe, Hans Peter Ravn, and Marina Bergen Jensen. "Exploring structural habitat heterogeneity in sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) for urban biodiversity support." Urban Ecosystems 21, no. 6 (August 28, 2018): 1159–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11252-018-0790-6.

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Hellmers, S., N. Manojlović, G. Palmaricciotti, S. Kurzbach, and P. Fröhle. "Multiple linked sustainable drainage systems in hydrological modelling for urban drainage and flood risk management." Journal of Flood Risk Management 11 (March 17, 2015): S5—S16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12146.

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Piazza, Paola, and Nadia Ursino. "Modelling Infiltration Systems’ Performance for Efficient, Sustainable or Circular Urban Water Drainage." Water 14, no. 17 (August 25, 2022): 2620. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14172620.

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A typical infiltration system (IS) consists of an urban sub-catchment that works in synergy with an engineered pervious sub-catchment (e.g., a trench). ISs for sustainable urban drainage meet multiple design objectives: returning water resources to the environment (circularity) and reducing hydraulic risk. ISs, by necessity, are realized in the public spaces which belong to historical city centers, industrial zones, densely populated urban areas or areas of recent urbanization. Available space conditions the shape of impervious drainage sub-basins and downstream trenches that hold and release runoff volume to the subsoil. Catchment shape and rainfall intensity have received relatively less attention in the designing and decision-making processes than rainfall volume. A hydrodynamic model (HM) offers the opportunity to systematically investigate the efficiency of ISs as shape and rain intensity change, overcomes the limits of the widespread bucket modelling approach, which is narrowly focused on rain volume, trench storage capacity and exfiltration capacity, and links the shape of IS to its efficiency and to the residual risk that occurs when events of intensity greater than the design event occur. The results of a systematic sensitivity analysis, conducted by the use of HM, suggest new criteria for evaluating whether ISs are suitable for achieving the design objectives, within the constraints of the available urban public space.

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Priari, Georgia. "Promoting the Use of Public Areas for Sustainable Stormwater Management in Cities with Mediterranean Climate." Proceedings 2, no. 11 (August 3, 2018): 632. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2110632.

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The aim of this work is to identify and present small scale sustainable urban stormwater management techniques that can be implemented by local authorities into public spaces. We present areas that bioretention and other Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) can be adopted, causing the transformation of public areas into multifunctional spaces.

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Veról, Aline Pires, Ianic Bigate Lourenço, João Paulo Rebechi Fraga, Bruna Peres Battemarco, Mylenna Linares Merlo, Paulo Canedo de Magalhães, and Marcelo Gomes Miguez. "River Restoration Integrated with Sustainable Urban Water Management for Resilient Cities." Sustainability 12, no. 11 (June 8, 2020): 4677. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12114677.

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Urban floods can threaten citizens’ quality of life, produce socioeconomic losses, and act as an urban degradation driver. Restoring urban rivers, however, is not simple and its results are usually limited. It would be desirable to enhance urban fluvial systems, control flood risks, and increase city resilience while improving the city itself. This work suggests that river restoration, when applied to an urban watershed, should be supported by sustainable urban drainage measures to compensate for the negative effects induced by city growth in the water cycle, in a systemic approach to the entire watershed. A methodological framework is proposed to verify this hypothesis intending to assess urban flooding projects in a wide sense. This framework uses a hydrodynamic mathematical model and a set of multicriteria indices. A case study in Dona Eugênia Watershed, in Brazil, was developed. Two different design concepts were considered: the usual drainage design and the river restoration combined with sustainable urban drainage. Both solutions were designed to completely solve the problems, leading to virtually zero flooding in the present situation; however, environmental and urban gains were greater when using the proposed combination. Besides, when testing resilience behavior, it was also shown to be more consistent over time.

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Ramos, Helena M., and Mohsen Besharat. "Urban Flood Risk and Economic Viability Analyses of a Smart Sustainable Drainage System." Sustainability 13, no. 24 (December 15, 2021): 13889. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su132413889.

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Urban drainage systems are in transition from functioning simply as a transport system to becoming an important element of urban flood protection measures providing considerable influence on urban infrastructure sustainability. Rapid urbanization combined with the implications of climate change is one of the major emerging challenges. The increased concerns with water security and the ageing of existing drainage infrastructure are new challenges in improving urban water management. This study carried out in the Seixal area in Portugal examines flood risk analyses and mitigation techniques performed by computational modelling using MIKE SHE from the Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI). Several scenarios were compared regarding flood risk and sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) efficiency. To obtain a more accurate analysis, the economic viability of each technique was analyzed as well through (i) life cost analysis and (ii) taking into account the damages caused by a certain type of flood. The results present that the best scenario is the one that will minimize the effects of great urbanization and consequently the flood risk, which combines two different measures: permeable pavement and detention basin. This alternative allows us to fully explore the mitigation capacity of each viable technique, demonstrating a very important improvement in the flood mitigation system in Seixal.

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García, Ana Isabel Abellán, and Juan C. Santamarta. "Scientific Evidence behind the Ecosystem Services Provided by Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems." Land 11, no. 7 (July 8, 2022): 1040. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land11071040.

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Urban green infrastructure such as sustainable urban drainage systems are potential providers of ecosystem services. This paper reviews the field studies that empirically verify the potential benefits of SUDS. The cultural, provisioning, supporting, and regulating ecosystem services investigated in real cases have been studied and classified according to climatology (except for the control of urban hydrology, which has been widely corroborated). Although successful cases of runoff decontamination are numerous, there is heterogeneity in the results of the systems beyond those associated with climatic differences. The other ecosystem services have not been as widely studied, giving very variable and even negative results in some cases such as climate change control (in some instances, these techniques can emit greenhouse gases). Installations in temperate climates are, by far, the most studied. These services derive from the biological processes developed in green infrastructure and they depend on climate, so it would be advisable to carry out specific studies that could serve as the basis for a design that optimizes potential ecosystem services, avoiding possible disservices.

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Starzec, Mariusz, Józef Dziopak, and Daniel Słyś. "An Analysis of Stormwater Management Variants in Urban Catchments." Resources 9, no. 2 (February 20, 2020): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources9020019.

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In order to identify the most effective variants for reducing flood risk in cities and to provide protection for water resources, an in-depth study was carried out. The research results allowed for the identification of sustainable drainage infrastructure solutions that should be used to increase the efficiency of traditional drainage systems. The most effective solution turned out to be the simultaneous use of low impact development facilities and stormwater flow control devices in drainage systems (Variant IV). Applicationof this variant (maximum discharge QOmax = 246.39 dm3/s) allowed for the reduction of the peak flow by as much as 86% in relation to those values that were established in the traditional drainage system (maximum discharge QOmax = 1807.62 dm3/s). The use of Variant IV allowed for a combination of the advantages of low impact development (LID) facilities and stormwater flow control devices in drainage systems while limiting their disadvantages. In practice, the flow of rainwater from the catchment area to the drainage system was limited, the share of green areas increased, and the drainage system retention capacity grew. The proposed approach for reducing the increasing flood risk in cities and providing protection for water resources provides a structured approach to long-term urban drainage system planning and land use guidelines.

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de Oliveira, Antonio Krishnamurti Beleño, Bruna Peres Battemarco, Giuseppe Barbaro, Maria Vitória Ribeiro Gomes, Felipe Manoel Cabral, Ronan de Oliveira Pereira Bezerra, Victória de Araújo Rutigliani, et al. "Evaluating the Role of Urban Drainage Flaws in Triggering Cascading Effects on Critical Infrastructure, Affecting Urban Resilience." Infrastructures 7, no. 11 (November 11, 2022): 153. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures7110153.

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The urban drainage system plays an important role in the urban infrastructure resilience discussion. Its functional failures can trigger cascading effects on other urban systems and critical infrastructures. The main aim of this work is to investigate and quantify urban flood resilience, offering an integrated methodological approach. In this process, the flooding consequences were quantified by hydrodynamic simulations, using a case study in an exploratory research method. A set of indicators was proposed to map the cascading effects generated by floods and the consequent quantification of urban flooding resilience. Two simulation scenarios were proposed to validate the methodological assessment framework proposed in this work. The first scenario represented the current flooding situation and showed the negative effects on the city systems resulting from disordered urban growth. The second scenario considered the improvement of the drainage behavior, considering a sustainable urban drainage approach supported by the concept of blue-green infrastructure integrated with the urban open spaces system. A comprehensive flood resilience assessment over time was conducted by analyzing the evolution of the System Integrity Index on both scenarios. The results showed that water dynamics play an important role in ordering land use and that preserving water spaces can efficiently respond to urban developing threats, dealing with floods in an earlier development moment, proving the importance of the drainage system as a preliminary structuring driver for supporting a sustainable urban planning, ordered according to environmental constraints defined by water dynamics.

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García-Terán, Carlos, Iñaki Tejero-Monzón, and José Luis Gil-Díaz. "Sustainable urban drainage systems: a tool to adapt combined sewer systems to climate change." Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Municipal Engineer 172, no. 3 (September 2019): 175–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.17.00035.

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Uyeno, Marcio Takashi, Lucas Gabriel de Souza Bairros, Juliana Azoia Lukiantchuki, Cristhiane Michiko Passos Okawa, and Sandro Rogerio Lautenschlager. "Introducing an Innovative Design Approach for Drainage Systems: Facilitating Shallow Aquifer Recharge and Mitigating Flooding." Sustainability 15, no. 18 (September 11, 2023): 13584. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su151813584.

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Maringá, in southern Brazil, is undergoing a crisis with the alternation of dry and wet periods and floods caused by heavy rainfall along with the lack of infiltration of the stormwater. Due to a combination of these two opposite factors, the central lake of Ingá Park, which is an important urban park of the city, is suffering from water level reduction. This paper aims to verify if a sustainable drainage system design with infiltration wells can help recharge the surface aquifer. To this end, a stormwater drainage system simulation was conducted using SewerGEMS. Additionally, a calibrated shallow aquifer computational model was run in Visual Modflow Flex considering recharge wells to verify whether rainfall events impact the water levels of the surface aquifer. The results show that the sustainable intervention in a drainage system to increase stormwater infiltration has the potential to effectively recharge the shallow aquifers, while helping, at the same time, the drainage system, which is operating beyond design capacity, and the Ingá Park Lake. Thus, this study demonstrates that the sustainable design of drainage systems can help restore the springs inside the urban park. However, it is important to continuously monitor the wells’ heads and the hydrological variables. Also, for future studies, new models and simulations must be undertaken using the continuous monitoring data already available.

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Mukhtarov, Farhad, Carel Dieperink, Peter Driessen, and Janet Riley. "Collaborative learning for policy innovations: sustainable urban drainage systems in Leicester, England." Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 21, no. 3 (May 4, 2019): 288–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1523908x.2019.1627864.

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Rosso, Federica, Simona Mannucci, Michele Morganti, Silvia Mariani, Carlo Cecere, and Marco Ferrero. "The effect of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems on outdoor comfort and runoff." Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1343 (November 2019): 012023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1343/1/012023.

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Wang, Sheng, and Heng Wang. "Extending the Rational Method for assessing and developing sustainable urban drainage systems." Water Research 144 (November 2018): 112–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.07.022.

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Loc, Ho Huu, Pham Minh Duyen, Thomas J. Ballatore, Nguyen Hoang My Lan, and Ashim Das Gupta. "Applicability of sustainable urban drainage systems: an evaluation by multi-criteria analysis." Environment Systems and Decisions 37, no. 3 (March 28, 2017): 332–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9639-4.

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McClymont, Kent, Davi Gasparini Fernandes Cunha, Chris Maidment, Biniam Ashagre, Anaí Floriano Vasconcelos, Marina Batalini de Macedo, Maria Fernanda Nóbrega dos Santos, et al. "Towards urban resilience through Sustainable Drainage Systems: A multi-objective optimisation problem." Journal of Environmental Management 275 (December 2020): 111173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111173.

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Semadeni-Davies, Annette. "Implications of climate and urban development on the design of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS)." Journal of Water and Climate Change 3, no. 4 (December 1, 2012): 239–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2012.043.

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This paper explores the implications of climate change and urban development on the design of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) using the example of ponds and raingardens in Auckland, New Zealand. Many of Auckland's coastal and freshwater receiving environments have been degraded due to stormwater inflows and are potentially at further risk due to continued urbanisation and climate change. SUDS have been suggested as a possible means of adapting to those risks. However, there is little guidance available on how they should be designed for future conditions. Response-curves which relate changes in SUDS sizing to both climate change and imperviousness are presented as a means of displaying a range of possible future design needs. It is suggested that they could aid in the selection of adaptation strategies. The methodology followed is based on publicly available guidance material to provide a real world example of the design issues facing stormwater managers. An incremental adaptation strategy, whereby construction is staggered over time, is recommended for ponds which vary greatly in size depending on the projected climate and imperviousness. In contrast, adapting raingardens at the time of construction is pragmatic as the change in size, with even the maximum projected climate change, is modest.

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Viavattene, C., and J. B. Ellis. "The management of urban surface water flood risks: SUDS performance in flood reduction from extreme events." Water Science and Technology 67, no. 1 (January 1, 2013): 99–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2012.537.

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The need to improve the urban drainage network to meet recent urban growth and the redevelopment of old industrial and commercial areas provides an opportunity for managing urban surface water infrastructure in a more sustainable way. The use of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) can reduce urban surface water flooding as well as the pollution impact of urban discharges on receiving waters. However, these techniques are not yet well known by many stakeholders involved in the decision-making process, or at least the evidence of their performance effectiveness may be doubted compared with more traditional engineering solutions often promoted by existing 1D/2D drainage models. The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in facilitating the inter-related risk analysis of sewer surface water overflows and urban flooding as well as in better communication with stakeholders is demonstrated in this paper. An innovative coupled 1D/2D urban sewer/overland flow model has been developed and tested in conjunction with a SUDS selection and location tool (SUDSLOC) to enable a robust management approach to surface water flood risks and to improve the resilience of the urban drainage infrastructure. The paper demonstrates the numerical and modelling basis of the integrated 1D/2D and SUDSLOC approach and the working assumptions and flexibility of the application together with some limitations and uncertainties. The role of the SUDSLOC modelling component in quantifying flow, and surcharge reduction benefits arising from the strategic selection and location of differing SUDS controls are also demonstrated for an extreme storm event scenario.

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Mottaghi, Misagh, Henrik Aspegren, and Karin Jönsson. "Integrated urban design and open storm drainage in our urban environments: merging drainage techniques into our city's urban spaces." Water Practice and Technology 11, no. 1 (March 1, 2016): 118–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2016.016.

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Flooding is the most common natural hazard in Europe. Cities cannot rely only on underground solutions which are expensive and inflexible. In order to reduce the negative impacts of flood, open and surface solutions play a key role in the efficiency of urban drainage systems. Utilizing the earth's surface as part of sustainable water infrastructure, also as powerful element for creating the space, adds multiple values to our urban environments. This article suggests a framework to increase the likelihood of turning the idea of flood resilient city to a best practice. The paper is clarifying the design principles. The target is turning a space to a functional place by applying drainage techniques in urban design, which requires robust local integration between the urban space and technical solutions. The study of storm water management in the Swedish and Dutch contexts was an important base for this formulation. Considering the important share of urban design in urban transition success, the paper is focusing on categorizing the required steps of flood resilient urban design.

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Miguez, Marcelo G., Aline P. Verol, and Raphael B. Santos. "Alternative Solutions for Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Integrating Areas of Irregular Urban Growth with the Formal City." Applied Mechanics and Materials 409-410 (September 2013): 996–1003. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.409-410.996.

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The main objective of this paper is to propose an alternative for the stormwater management in low-income communities, settled in urban vertical slums, located in areas with insufficient infrastructure and degraded environment. A case study located in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, is presented. The high slopes of the studied area are used to favor the superficial flows, generating alternatives for the traditional stormdrains used to collect the runoff of the upstream reaches. A small reservoir is proposed for each house, reducing flood volumes by allowing rainwater harvesting, and a greater retention reservoir is introduced as a storage measure for connecting the microdrainage coming from the informal city to the formal city. The different scenarios were simulated with the aid of a mathematical model called MODCEL and the results showed that it is possible to apply an effective drainage system solution in informal areas, without affecting the already implemented downstream formal drainage network. The retention reservoir proposed also introduces the possibility to act in improving the water quality to downstream areas, although this complementary aspect is not developed in this study.

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Rodríguez-Rojas, María I., Francisco Javier Garrido-Jiménez, Francisco Javier Abarca-Álvarez, and Manuel Ricardo Vallecillos-Siles. "Advances in the Integration of Sustainable Drainage Systems into Urban Planning: A Case Study." Sustainability 16, no. 7 (March 24, 2024): 2658. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su16072658.

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Climate change is arguably the greatest challenge facing cities today. Its severe consequences have created the need for sustainable urban planning. In this regard, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) have contributed in recent years to alleviating environmental problems caused by soil sealing and enhancing the resilience of cities to climate change. However, in most cases, the level of implementation is limited to solving environmental problems caused by inadequate urban planning. To change this, in recent years some countries have proposed recommendations to integrate these systems into their urban planning regulations, but these have been general and have not defined specific measures. This paper proposes to achieve this goal by using case studies of three countries with similar characteristics (Spain, Italy and France). A common framework for the integration of SuDS in planning has been proposed that can be exported to other similar places. The urban scales of intervention have been defined (city, neighborhood and street), as well as the actions to be carried out (analysis, planning and regulatory measures) and the urban plans to which they should be applied. This proposal represents an advancement in the application of SuDS as a primary control measure. This breakthrough will significantly improve the resilience of the cities of the future, making them more resilient to the effects of weather and climate change.

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Zhang, Tianqi, Yue Zhou, Ming Li, Haoran Zhang, Tong Wang, and Yu Tian. "Impacts of Urbanization on Drainage System Health and Sustainable Drainage Recommendations for Future Scenarios—A Small City Case in China." Sustainability 14, no. 24 (December 19, 2022): 16998. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su142416998.

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China is urbanizing at an unprecedented rate, but also accelerating the use of water resources and overloading of urban drainage systems. To analyze the impact of urbanization on the drainage-system health in Jinxi, a typical small case area in China, this study proposed an innovative methodological framework for evaluation and prediction based on statistical and modeling methods, which provides a demonstration and reference for urban development and drainage-system construction in developing countries. The result shows that the comprehensive urbanization index (CUI) of Jinxi shows an overall upward trend between 2009 and 2020. The drainage-system health index (DHI) shows a U-shaped trend of decreasing and then increasing, with the threshold in 2016. The years when the DHI and CUI are in balanced development occurred in 2014 and 2018. The impact of urbanization on the drainage-system health is divided into positive and negative aspects, depending on the drainage demands of the urban development. According to the predicted results, it is suggested that the next drainage upgrading measures will be favorable for sustainable urban development when the urbanization rate reaches 60%, the gross industrial output increases by 10%, or the total retail sales of consumer goods increase by 40%.

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Zhang, Yiyang. "SUDS: New solution for urban flooding." Applied and Computational Engineering 58, no. 1 (April 30, 2024): 283–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.54254/2755-2721/58/20240734.

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Climate change causing extreme weather events across the world. The excising urban drainage system facing the great stress of managing heavy precipitation events and caused urban flooding. The specialists in the urban designing field are searching for more effective way of managing flooding events. Sustainable Urban Drainage System is kind of drainage system design which simulating nature rainwater managing practices. In this research, the SUDS is analyzed mainly from three aspects: Flood managing ability, economic benefits, and ecological benefits. This research reviews the existing SUDS examples and research basing on the SUDS designing strategies. Research has found that the SUDS is more than capable of managing stormwater but also can generate both monetary and indirect economic benefit. Furthermore, the nature feature of SUDS facilities can provide ecological benefits like providing habitats for animals, improving hydrological feature, and increase comfortability for residents. Thus, SUDS can be an ideal solution for the new urban drainage systems.

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