Evidence for improved urban flood resilience by sustainable drainage retrofit

Booth, Colin A.; Rose, Carly B.; Lamond, Jessica E.; Lamond, Jessica; Rose, Carly; Booth, Colin

Abstract

© ICE Publishing: All rights reserved. The rapid growth of cities under modern development pressure has resulted in surface water flooding becoming an increasing hazard and future climate change uncertainties may exacerbate this threat still further: retrofitting sustainable drainage systems to attenuate stormwater runoff has been advocated as part of an integrated solution required to address this problem. Many of these adaptations not only enhance a community’s resilience to flooding, but may also offer additional benefits in terms of improved environmental amenity and quality of life. The evidence base for sustainable drainage is critically evaluated in respect of the implications for urban planning, as applied to existing housing stocks and business properties in urban areas worldwide. It is concluded that this approach can make a substantial contribution towards urban resilience as part of an integrated approach to managing extreme storms. This will be of interest to urban planners and designers considering the implementation of integrated flood risk management.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 1, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 20, 2016
• Journal: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning
• Print ISSN: 1755-0793
• Electronic ISSN: 1755-0807
• Publisher: Thomas Telford
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 168
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 101-111
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.13.00022
• Keywords: sustainability, floods & floodworks, infrastructure planning
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/836556
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/udap.13.00022
• Contract Date: Apr 20, 2016