Essays about: "design regn"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words design regn.
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1. Assessing the Effectiveness of Urban Trees with Skeletal Soils in Flood Risk Mitigation
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : With increased urbanization and climate change, heavy rainfall events and urban floods are becoming more frequent. To meet the demands for effective climate adaptation strategies and mitigation measures, Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) have received increased attention. READ MORE
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2. Multifunktionella dagvattenlösningar : en jämförande studie av tre dagvattenanläggningar
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Förtätning av våra städer ökar andelen hårdgjord mark och således ökar belastningen på dagens ledningssystem vid kraftiga regn. En lösning är att utnyttja möjligheter till att fördröja dagvattnet genom olika typer av dagvattenanläggningar i staden. READ MORE
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3. Treatment of Metals in Highway Runoff Water : Comparison of green infrastructures and filter material for stormwater treatment
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Highway runoff transport high concentrations of heavy metals. As climate change affect the environment with for example increased storm events, the treatment of road runoff becomes more important. READ MORE
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4. How variations of the duration and time to peak of the Chicago Design Storm affect the hydraulic response, as well as the areas contributing to peak runoff, of a synthetic urban catchment area
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapsläraAbstract : With an expanding urbanization in the world, and thus the expansion of impermeable surfaces, the risk of pluvial floods is an increasing factor that needs to be considered. This, in combination with increasing rain intensities and frequency of rain events indicates a problem both today and for the future. READ MORE
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5. The influence of spatial variations in rain intensity for cloudburst modelling : a case study of the Gävle cloudburst
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : With an intensification of heavy rain events in a changing climate and a rapid urbanization the risk for pluvial flooding is increasing in our societies. Pluvial flooding, which is formed when the rainfall rate exceeds the infiltration or drainage rate, can occur rapidly and cause great damages, large economic losses and possibly risk human lives. READ MORE