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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 820-837 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) receive much attention as a means to adapt urban environments to a changing climate. Yet little knowledge exists on how to adapt existing urban drainage systems by use of SUDS at the scale of entire sewer-sheds. This paper aims to assist landscape architects, engineers, and planners in the design of large-scale SUDS retrofits. It analyzes the first loop in an exemplary design process for SUDS retrofits in a 15 km2, case-study area in Copenhagen, Denmark. A series of 'insights' and 'set backs' are revealed in the process and discussed in their importance for a successful design. The two most important aspects are identified as the need to develop context specific solutions and the utilization of underlying hydrological conditions as generator of urban form.
Keywords
- Adaptation, Landscape, Planning, Stormwater, SUDS
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Environmental Science(all)
- General Environmental Science
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In: Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2012, p. 820-837.
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