Modelling decentralised systems for urban drainage and flood mitigation

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2016-01-27
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Hellmers, Sandra  orcid-logo
Manojlovic, Natasa  
Palmaricciotti, Giovanni  
Fröhle, Peter  
Institut
Wasserbau B-10  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/4236
Journal
Journal of applied water engineering and research  
Volume
5
Issue
1
Start Page
61
End Page
69
Citation
Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research 1 (5): 61-69 (2017)
Publisher DOI
10.1080/23249676.2015.1128368
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85045459958
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Adapting to the impacts of climate change and urban growth in urban flood management requires approaches, which mitigate the flood risk and provide sustainable solutions. A combination of local drainage systems and water retention in public spaces may provide an appropriate strategy to cope with present and future pressures on the urban drainage infrastructure. To implement these small-scale hydrological systems in catchment models, novel hydrological modelling approaches are required that can handle a large number of spatially distributed measures. This paper presents the enhancement of a model system and the application for an urban catchment in Hamburg, Germany. The efficiency study of decentralised systems was conducted on the basis of climate change and urban growth scenarios. The results demonstrate the potential of sustainable drainage systems and multipurpose retention spaces for flood peak mitigation.
Subjects
SUDS
urban drainage
decentralised systems
flood mitigation
climate change impacts
More Funding Information
Support by a grant from the German Ministry for Education and Research as part of its KLIMZUG initiative and the Agency of Roads, Bridges and Waters (LSBG), Germany. .