Essays about: "water-sensitive urban design"

Found 5 essays containing the words water-sensitive urban design.

1. 1. Urban Downpour : The Path Towards Sustainable Stormwater Management in four Swedish Municipalities

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Astrid Bergström Hurtig; [2024]
   Keywords : climate resilience; urban planning; blue-green infrastructure; water-sensitive urban design; ecological urbanism; institutional dynamics; adaptive policies;

   Abstract : Swedish municipalities increasingly prioritize blue-green infrastructure in response to the changing climate and precipitation. This study focuses on Norrköping, Huddinge, Nyköping, and Kalmar and how urban planning develops strategies for implementing blue-green infrastructure. READ MORE

3. 2. Understanding Liveability in Danish Urban Water Management & Planning: A study of implementing the principles of Water Wise Cities in Marienlyst

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Mikael Gustavsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Liveability; Water Wise Cities; Water Sensitive Urban Design; Aarhus; Denmark; Liveability; Water Wise Cities; Water Sensitive Urban Design; Aarhus; Danmark;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the implementation of new urban water management and planningapproaches in Denmark, with a specific focus on integrating solutions for extreme rainfallevents and enhancing livability. The study explores the Principles of Water Wise Cities as aframework for incorporating these aspects through Water Sensitive Urban Designs (WSUD). READ MORE

4. 3. Reconnecting Gävle’s Delta : a post-industrial urban transformation project for Sweden’s coastal landscape

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Rachel Murray; [2023]
   Keywords : resilience; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; flooding; brownfield development; post-industrial urban development; landscape architecture; urban planning; climate adaptation; water-sensitive urban design; urban ecology;

   Abstract : This speculative design-led research project addresses the challenges of transforming dilapidated post-industrial brownfield sites into thriving, sustainable, resilient urban neighbourhoods. Tasked with allocating urban growth, municipality planning departments increasingly look towards underused but centrally located industrial sites for future development. READ MORE

5. 4. Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) as a climate adaptation strategy

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Andrea Fumero; [2020]
   Keywords : Water Sensitive Urban Design; Flooding; Resilience; Climate adaptation; Rotterdam; Copenhagen; Malmö; PHVision;

   Abstract : “Global floods and extreme rainfall events have surged by more than 50% in the past decade and recent studies show that they are occurring four times higher than in 1980” (Neslen, 2018). At the same time, the urban population is rising. READ MORE

6. 5. REinventing Flood Control

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Hanna Celine Rauschkolb; [2017]
   Keywords : Flood resilient urban design; climate adaption; Sustainable urban design; integrated flood control; Dike design; Water sensitive urban design; Flood proofing; Public space; Urban development; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : Climate change adaption is becoming more and more crucial within sustainable urban design. Global warming affects an increase of heavy rainfall events in Europe and especially in Germany. Deggendorf, a city in southeast Germany, has experienced a severe flood in 2013 caused by a dike burst. READ MORE