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Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 4223

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Sara Todeschini

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Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture (DICAr), University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Interests: hydraulic infrastructures; urban hydrology and hydraulics; stromwater; monitoring; numerical modelling; design; management; uncertainty; urban flooding
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Prof. Patrizia Piro

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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Interests: modeling; combined sewer overflows; water pollution; urban stormwater management; water treatment; urban drainage; low impact development; soil science; sustainability of water and energy
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Prof. Dr. Enrico Creaco

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Department of Civil Engineering, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Interests: water distribution modelling; urban drainage modelling; real-time control; sediment transport in sewers; sustainable solutions for urban drainage systems; flood control in urban areas
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urban growth and land use change cause land degradation and increasing susceptibility to water-related natural hazards. The urbanization process increases soil sealing and compaction, rising runoff, erosion, as well as surface and groundwater contamination. Significant changes in the hydrologic processes provide additional challenges in water resources and human health because of enhanced flood hazard, decreased water quality, diminished ability to provide ecosystem services, and reduced resilience of the communities that depend on these resources. These problems are further strengthened by climate trends that should be properly addressed.

Indeed, in the last several decades, large efforts have been made to improve urban drainage systems to mitigate the serious negative impacts of land degradation and to make cities and urban settlements safe, resilient, and sustainable in accordance with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The limitations linked to the traditional urban drainage approach were pointed out, and new approaches are being developed introducing more natural methods for retaining and/or disposing of stormwater.

This Special Issue will provide an attempt to share knowledge among experts and researchers working on the main aspects related to urban drainage management.

The Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • Hydrologic, hydraulic, and environmental impacts of increasing imperviousness;
  • Stormwater quality and time evolution of the pollutant load in wet-weather runoff, methodologies for characterizing the pollutant dynamics in wet-weather runoff;
  • Resilient and sustainable design and management of urban drainage systems;
  • Best Management Practices (BMPs), sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDSs), green infrastructure (GI), or low-impact developments (LIDs);
  • Integrated policies and plans towards water resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to land use and climate change, and resilience to water-related disasters;
  • Placement strategies and cumulative effects of wet-weather control practices;
  • Socio-economic aspects of urban water management;
  • Innovative solutions or technologies addressing water challenges in both the developed and the developing world.

Dr. Sara Todeschini
Prof. Patrizia Piro
Prof. Enrico Creaco
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban stormwater management
  • land use change
  • climate trends
  • resilient urban drainage systems
  • wet-weather control practices
  • sustainability

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Water Retention Performance at Low-Impact Development (LID) Field Sites in Taipei, Taiwan
by Jen-Yang Lin, Ti-Chi Yuan and Chi-Feng Chen
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 759; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020759 - 14 Jan 2021
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Abstract
Low-impact development (LID) aims to retain stormwater at source sites rather than achieve water drainage. The infiltration and storage of rainwater on site is the most commonly applied LID design concept, turning impervious pavements into pervious pavements. In this study, three field sites [...] Read more.
Low-impact development (LID) aims to retain stormwater at source sites rather than achieve water drainage. The infiltration and storage of rainwater on site is the most commonly applied LID design concept, turning impervious pavements into pervious pavements. In this study, three field sites in Taipei city, Taiwan, were monitored. Two of the sites were located on campuses, and one site was a roadside location. They were constructed at different times and had distinct purposes, but the common design aspect was the infiltration function of the ground surface. We monitored the water retention performance at the above three sites and applied a verified stormwater management model (SWMM) to characterize the performance at these case sites. The observed data show that if the accumulative rainfall was lower than 20 mm, the water retention rate at each of the three case sites reached almost 50%; at 60 mm rainfall, the rate was 40%. With increased rainfall amount, the water retention rate decreased because the storage capacity was limited. Because water retention is typically controlled by the infiltration capacity, the rainfall intensity dominated the performance. At the three field sites, the water retention rate was 40% on average at a rainfall intensity below 20 mm/h. Above this rainfall intensity, the infiltration performance of the pervious pavement decreased. The verified model was applied to assess the performance at the three sites under the Taipei city drainage system design standard, i.e., the five-year recurrent period storm level, at 78.8 mm/h. The results demonstrate that the water retention rates were 9.1%, 14.2%, and 61.0% at the three sites, indicating that the pervious pavement could reduce the loading of the current stormwater drainage system. Dispersed sites should be considered in urban stormwater management to mitigate flooding risk in urban areas. Full article
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