Urban Stormwater Management
Sustainable stormwater management practices are essential for overcoming various environmental challenges and promoting community sustainability and resilience [3, 4, 5]. The local management of stormwater helps to reduce dependence on centralized systems , including water supply and treatment, leading to the efficient conservation of water resources and reducing freshwater sourcing demand [4 ...
Broader concepts like Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS), WSUD, and LID integrate stormwater management into urban planning. At the highest level, principles like Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) and BGI emphasize the holistic management of the urban water cycle, fostering climate-resilient cities.
Sustainable Stormwater Management and Blue
The way cities deal with rain reveals their ability to coexist with nature rather than resist it. Under climate change, floods and urban overheating expose the limits of traditional drainage systems and force us to reconsider the role of water in the urban environment. Today, sustainable stormwater management and the principles of the sponge city are increasingly influencing how designers and ...
Best management practices in stormwater planning consider stormwater systems holistically, accounting for effectiveness of treating water quality, ability to slow the flow of stormwater , monetary costs, and more ( EPA ). Ideally, stormwater is managed on-site and slows the flow of runoff to maximize infiltration ( EPA ).
Green Infrastructure
As an alternative to traditional water management systems , green infrastructure offers a cost-effective solution to many of our water woes, including how to handle flooding and stormwater pollution.
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.
This paper explores Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for urban stormwater management , emphasizing their role in mitigating runoff, reducing flood risks, and improving water quality. Bioretention systems (BRS), green roofs, permeable pavements, and vegetated swales utilize natural processes such as infiltration, evapotranspiration, and filtration to manage stormwater while promoting urban ...
Sustainable management techniques that can temporarily store stormwater on-site until it can be released off-site to a sewer system or to conventional stormwater detention facilities include the use of "green roofs" and rain barrels connected to roof downspouts.
Revolutionizing urban water resilience
Stormwater management is now of critical concern, especially because of urbanization and changes in the climate, due to which the probability of floods, pollution, and environmental degradation in metropolitan regions has increased in urban regions. SuDS can be used as a nature-based alternative to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (SDG 6 (Clean Water and ...
This research reviews and incorporates climate change into major stormwater management tools and methods, green infrastructure planning and guidance, and Smart Urban Design tools for stormwater planning, stormwater capture, and aquifer recharge.
