Re-thinking urban flood management: time for a regime shift
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Re-thinking urban flood management : time for a regime shift. / Sörensen, Johanna; Persson, Andreas; Sternudd, Catharina; Aspegren, Henrik; Nilsson, Jerry; Nordström, Leif Jonas; Jönsson, Karin; Mottaghi, Misagh; Becker, Per ; Pilesjö, Petter; Larsson, Rolf; Berndtsson, Ronny; Mobini, Shifteh.
In: Water, Vol. 8, No. 8, 332, 2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Re-thinking urban flood management
T2 - time for a regime shift
AU - Sörensen, Johanna
AU - Persson, Andreas
AU - Sternudd, Catharina
AU - Aspegren, Henrik
AU - Nilsson, Jerry
AU - Nordström, Leif Jonas
AU - Jönsson, Karin
AU - Mottaghi, Misagh
AU - Becker, Per
AU - Pilesjö, Petter
AU - Larsson, Rolf
AU - Berndtsson, Ronny
AU - Mobini, Shifteh
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Urban flooding is of growing concern due to increasing densification of urban areas, changes in land use, and climate change. The traditional engineering approach to flooding is designing single-purpose drainage systems, dams, and levees. These methods, however, are known to increase the long-term flood risk and harm the riverine ecosystems in urban as well as rural areas. In the present paper, we depart from resilience theory and suggest a concept to improve urban flood resilience. We identify areas where contemporary challenges call for improved collaborative urban flood management. The concept emphasizes resiliency and achieved synergy between increased capacity to handle stormwater runoff and improved experiential and functional quality of the urbanenvironments. We identify research needs as well as experiments for improved sustainable and resilient stormwater management namely, flexibility of stormwater systems, energy use reduction, efficient land use, priority of transport and socioeconomic nexus, climate change impact, securing critical infrastructure, and resolving questions regarding responsibilities.
AB - Urban flooding is of growing concern due to increasing densification of urban areas, changes in land use, and climate change. The traditional engineering approach to flooding is designing single-purpose drainage systems, dams, and levees. These methods, however, are known to increase the long-term flood risk and harm the riverine ecosystems in urban as well as rural areas. In the present paper, we depart from resilience theory and suggest a concept to improve urban flood resilience. We identify areas where contemporary challenges call for improved collaborative urban flood management. The concept emphasizes resiliency and achieved synergy between increased capacity to handle stormwater runoff and improved experiential and functional quality of the urbanenvironments. We identify research needs as well as experiments for improved sustainable and resilient stormwater management namely, flexibility of stormwater systems, energy use reduction, efficient land use, priority of transport and socioeconomic nexus, climate change impact, securing critical infrastructure, and resolving questions regarding responsibilities.
U2 - 10.3390/w8080332
DO - 10.3390/w8080332
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
JO - Water
JF - Water
SN - 2073-4441
IS - 8
M1 - 332
ER -
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