Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: current trends, issues and challenges
The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to global climate change impacts may also exacerbate the situation in future. Sustainable urban stormwater management using low imp...
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my.utm.915592021-07-04T01:55:36Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91559/ Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: current trends, issues and challenges Pour, Sahar Hadi Abd. Wahab, Ahmad Khairi Shahid, Shamsuddin Asaduzzaman, Md. Dewan, Ashraf TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to global climate change impacts may also exacerbate the situation in future. Sustainable urban stormwater management using low impact development (LID) techniques, along with conventional urban stormwater management systems, can be implemented to mitigate climate-change-induced flood impacts. In this study, the effectiveness of LIDs in the mitigation of urban flood are analyzed to identify their limitations. Further research on the success of these techniques in urban flood mitigation planning is also recommended. The results revealed that LIDs can be an efficient method for mitigating urban flood impacts. Most of the LID methods developed so far, however, are found to be effective only for small flood peaks. They also often fail due to non-optimization of the site-specific and time-varying climatic conditions. Major challenges include identification of the best LID practices for the region of interest, efficiency improvements in technical areas, and site-specific optimization of LID parameters. Improvements in these areas will allow better mitigation of climate-change-induced urban floods in a cost-effective manner and will also assist in the achievement of sustainable development goals for cities. Elsevier Ltd 2020-11 Article PeerReviewed Pour, Sahar Hadi and Abd. Wahab, Ahmad Khairi and Shahid, Shamsuddin and Asaduzzaman, Md. and Dewan, Ashraf (2020) Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: current trends, issues and challenges. Sustainable Cities and Society, 62 . ISSN 2210-6707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102373 DOI:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102373 |
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The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to global climate change impacts may also exacerbate the situation in future. Sustainable urban stormwater management using low impact development (LID) techniques, along with conventional urban stormwater management systems, can be implemented to mitigate climate-change-induced flood impacts. In this study, the effectiveness of LIDs in the mitigation of urban flood are analyzed to identify their limitations. Further research on the success of these techniques in urban flood mitigation planning is also recommended. The results revealed that LIDs can be an efficient method for mitigating urban flood impacts. Most of the LID methods developed so far, however, are found to be effective only for small flood peaks. They also often fail due to non-optimization of the site-specific and time-varying climatic conditions. Major challenges include identification of the best LID practices for the region of interest, efficiency improvements in technical areas, and site-specific optimization of LID parameters. Improvements in these areas will allow better mitigation of climate-change-induced urban floods in a cost-effective manner and will also assist in the achievement of sustainable development goals for cities. |
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Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: current trends, issues and challenges |
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