Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives
Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems (RWHSs) are often at risk of being destroyed. The wide variety of traditional domestic RWHSs across the globe makes defining the sustainability challenges difficult. We conducted a literature review and created a classification system for traditional...
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| description | Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems (RWHSs) are often at risk of being destroyed. The wide variety of traditional domestic RWHSs across the globe makes defining the sustainability challenges difficult. We conducted a literature review and created a classification system for traditional domestic RWHSs, and selected three representative RWHS types: water cellars, stepwells, and qanats. We then determined the sustainability challenges faced by each of the three RWHS types. In total, 20 challenges were identified and subsequently analyzed to establish: 1) the similarities and differences among the challenges faced by each RWHS type, 2) the most pressing challenges that need to be addressed, and 3) the research disciplines required to address each challenge. Most of the challenges require interdisciplinary cooperation and sociological investigation. Finally, two priorities for future research were identified. First, sustainability in terms of traditional domestic RWHSs must be defined and conceptual frameworks must be developed to help to integrate research from multiple disciplines. Second, preservation of the architecture or structural body of traditional domestic RWHSs should be prioritized. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-625c6424272c4d45b86440189d5301c82023-03-10T15:09:07ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522023-03-0122257658810.1080/13467581.2022.20479792047979Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectivesWeinan Zhou0Kunihiko Matsumoto1Masanori Sawaki2College of Architectural Science and Engineering, Yangzhou UniversityGraduate School of Engineering, Osaka UniversityGraduate School of Engineering, Osaka UniversityTraditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems (RWHSs) are often at risk of being destroyed. The wide variety of traditional domestic RWHSs across the globe makes defining the sustainability challenges difficult. We conducted a literature review and created a classification system for traditional domestic RWHSs, and selected three representative RWHS types: water cellars, stepwells, and qanats. We then determined the sustainability challenges faced by each of the three RWHS types. In total, 20 challenges were identified and subsequently analyzed to establish: 1) the similarities and differences among the challenges faced by each RWHS type, 2) the most pressing challenges that need to be addressed, and 3) the research disciplines required to address each challenge. Most of the challenges require interdisciplinary cooperation and sociological investigation. Finally, two priorities for future research were identified. First, sustainability in terms of traditional domestic RWHSs must be defined and conceptual frameworks must be developed to help to integrate research from multiple disciplines. Second, preservation of the architecture or structural body of traditional domestic RWHSs should be prioritized.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2047979traditional rainwater harvesting systemqanatstepwellwater cellarsustainability |
| spellingShingle | Weinan Zhou Kunihiko Matsumoto Masanori Sawaki Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering traditional rainwater harvesting system qanat stepwell water cellar sustainability |
| title | Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives |
| title_full | Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives |
| title_fullStr | Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives |
| title_short | Traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems: classification, sustainability challenges, and future perspectives |
| title_sort | traditional domestic rainwater harvesting systems classification sustainability challenges and future perspectives |
| topic | traditional rainwater harvesting system qanat stepwell water cellar sustainability |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13467581.2022.2047979 |
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