Essays about: "stormwater governance"
Found 5 essays containing the words stormwater governance.
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1. An analysis of the understanding of maintenance of nature-based solutions for urban stormwater management
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Urban stormwater management is necessary to protect human life and society from the dangers and damages associated with flooding from extreme weather events. Conventional measures of stormwater management utilise grey infrastructure to convey runoff away from urban areas, but due to increasing urbanization, aging of urban infrastructure, climatic variability, and flooding due to extreme weather events, these measures are often no longer sufficient. READ MORE
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2. Governance of Nature-based Solutions for stormwater management in Stockholm : A Social-Ecological-Technical Systems Perspective
University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studierAbstract : Increased urbanisation and climate change are negatively affecting the water cycle and are increasing floods and creating concerns for the built environment and human wellbeing. This has created a need to research sustainable water management in cities. READ MORE
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3. Resilience in urban hydrology : A study of storm water management in the municipality of Stockholm
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : The environmental issues of storm water in the urban environment is addressed in political policies on many different governance levels. The concept of “sustainable storm water” in Europe uses the natural water cycle as a template for urban drainage, and the EU has a water framework directive (WFD) with a systems approach, using drainage basins as the starting point of all actions. READ MORE
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4. Stormwater Governance Commoning in Rostorp, Malmö: Practicing shared responsibility in stormwater governance
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : .... READ MORE
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5. Exploring the role of multi-functional solutions when planning for climate change : A case study of stormwater management in a Swedish city
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema MiljöförändringAbstract : Managing stormwater sustainably in the face of extreme weather events has increasingly been recognized as a strategy for climate adaptation in the urban planning context. Sustainable stormwater management intends to reduce urban vulnerability while ensuring the overall sustainability and robustness of future cities. READ MORE