Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale

The urbanization has resulted in significant changes in the water balance. Urban Green Infrastructures (UGI) have become a promising method for reducing reoccurring floods whilst providing additional social and ecological benefits. However, there are several challenges to successfully implementing U...

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Autores: Aparicio Uribe, Carlos Humberto, Bonilla Brenes, Ricardo, Hack, Jochen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
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Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127499
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Palabra clave:Urban runoff
Costa Rica
Green infrastructure
Hydrological modelling
Nature-based solutions
Retrofitting
Urban greenery
Escolament urbà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Hidrologia
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spelling Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scaleAparicio Uribe, Carlos HumbertoBonilla Brenes, RicardoHack, JochenUrban runoffCosta RicaGreen infrastructureHydrological modellingNature-based solutionsRetrofittingUrban greeneryUrban runoffEscolament urbàÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::HidrologiaThe urbanization has resulted in significant changes in the water balance. Urban Green Infrastructures (UGI) have become a promising method for reducing reoccurring floods whilst providing additional social and ecological benefits. However, there are several challenges to successfully implementing UGI in already developed areas, such as accounting for retrofitting UGI scenarios and pre-existing use of spaces. Accurate estimations of the potential of UGI in reducing flood-causing at the watershed scale are therefore important. This study investigates the influence of site-specific constraints on the effectiveness of UGI in reducing flood-causing runoff at the watershed scale. In particular, this study takes urban fabric characteristics in the development of UGI implementation strategies for different types of residential and industrial neighborhoods into account. Furthermore, it applies a hydrological simulation-based approach to estimate the runoff reduction potential of these strategies for a case study in the Metropolitan Area of San José, Costa Rica. The results indicate that UGI implementation potential depends on urban fabric characteristics and modelling different UGI implementation scenarios shows differing hydrological performance. In residential areas, either permeable pavement or infiltration trenches and street planters lead to the highest runoff reduction. In industrial areas, only permeable pavements lead to the highest runoff reduction. Overall, industrial areas enable more potential for UGI and reduce runoff generation. The findings of this study can guide the development of retrofitting UGI scenarios and upscaling strategies under heterogeneous settlement characteristics.This research was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), grant number 01UU1704.Peer Reviewed20222022-03-0120232023-07-11journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/390625https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127499reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3906252026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
title Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
spellingShingle Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
Aparicio Uribe, Carlos Humberto
Urban runoff
Costa Rica
Green infrastructure
Hydrological modelling
Nature-based solutions
Retrofitting
Urban greenery
Urban runoff
Escolament urbà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Hidrologia
title_short Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
title_full Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
title_fullStr Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
title_full_unstemmed Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
title_sort Potential of retrofitted urban green infrastructure to reduce runoff: a model implementation with site-specific constraints at neighborhood scale
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aparicio Uribe, Carlos Humberto
Bonilla Brenes, Ricardo
Hack, Jochen
author Aparicio Uribe, Carlos Humberto
author_facet Aparicio Uribe, Carlos Humberto
Bonilla Brenes, Ricardo
Hack, Jochen
author_role author
author2 Bonilla Brenes, Ricardo
Hack, Jochen
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Urban runoff
Costa Rica
Green infrastructure
Hydrological modelling
Nature-based solutions
Retrofitting
Urban greenery
Urban runoff
Escolament urbà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Hidrologia
topic Urban runoff
Costa Rica
Green infrastructure
Hydrological modelling
Nature-based solutions
Retrofitting
Urban greenery
Urban runoff
Escolament urbà
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Hidrologia
description The urbanization has resulted in significant changes in the water balance. Urban Green Infrastructures (UGI) have become a promising method for reducing reoccurring floods whilst providing additional social and ecological benefits. However, there are several challenges to successfully implementing UGI in already developed areas, such as accounting for retrofitting UGI scenarios and pre-existing use of spaces. Accurate estimations of the potential of UGI in reducing flood-causing at the watershed scale are therefore important. This study investigates the influence of site-specific constraints on the effectiveness of UGI in reducing flood-causing runoff at the watershed scale. In particular, this study takes urban fabric characteristics in the development of UGI implementation strategies for different types of residential and industrial neighborhoods into account. Furthermore, it applies a hydrological simulation-based approach to estimate the runoff reduction potential of these strategies for a case study in the Metropolitan Area of San José, Costa Rica. The results indicate that UGI implementation potential depends on urban fabric characteristics and modelling different UGI implementation scenarios shows differing hydrological performance. In residential areas, either permeable pavement or infiltration trenches and street planters lead to the highest runoff reduction. In industrial areas, only permeable pavements lead to the highest runoff reduction. Overall, industrial areas enable more potential for UGI and reduce runoff generation. The findings of this study can guide the development of retrofitting UGI scenarios and upscaling strategies under heterogeneous settlement characteristics.
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