O'Donnell, E, Thorne, C, Ahilan, S orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-331X et al. (17 more authors) (2020) The blue-green path to urban flood resilience. Blue-Green Systems, 2 (1). pp. 28-45. ISSN 2617-4782
Abstract
Achieving urban flood resilience at local, regional and national levels requires a transformative change in planning, design and implementation of urban water systems. Flood risk, wastewater and stormwater management should be re-envisaged and transformed to: ensure satisfactory service delivery under flood, normal and drought conditions, and enhance and extend the useful lives of ageing grey assets by supplementing them with multi-functional Blue-Green infrastructure. The aim of the multidisciplinary Urban Flood Resilience (UFR) research project, which launched in 2016 and comprises academics from nine UK institutions, is to investigate how transformative change may be possible through a whole systems approach. UFR research outputs to date are summarised under three themes. Theme 1 investigates how Blue-Green and Grey (BG + G) systems can be co-optimised to offer maximum flood risk reduction, continuous service delivery and multiple co-benefits. Theme 2 investigates the resource capacity of urban stormwater and evaluates the potential for interoperability. Theme 3 focuses on the interfaces between planners, developers, engineers and beneficiary communities and investigates citizens’ interactions with BG + G infrastructure. Focussing on retrofit and new build case studies, UFR research demonstrates how urban flood resilience may be achieved through changes in planning practice and policy to enable widespread uptake of BG + G infrastructure.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Blue-Green Cities, Blue-Green infrastructure, flood risk management, interoperability, sustainable drainage systems, urban flood resilience |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) > Inst for Pathogen Control Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/P004296/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Nov 2021 11:33 |
Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2025 15:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IWA Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.2166/bgs.2019.199 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:179908 |