Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities
Nature-based solutions (NBS) as green infrastructures to urban drainage are an effective mitigation strategy both in terms of quantity and quality of runoff. Real-time control (RTC) can complement both flood mitigation and improvement of water quality by controlling elements of the drainage and sewa...
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| author | José Brasil Marina Macedo César Lago Thalita Oliveira Marcus Júnior Tassiana Oliveira Eduardo Mendiondo |
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| description | Nature-based solutions (NBS) as green infrastructures to urban drainage are an effective mitigation strategy both in terms of quantity and quality of runoff. Real-time control (RTC) can complement both flood mitigation and improvement of water quality by controlling elements of the drainage and sewage system. This study assessed the improvement opportunities with RTC of three NBS-related techniques commonly applied in urban drainage with different spatial scales: green roof, bioretention and detention basin and the remaining challenges to integrate both methods. Additionally, our investigations showed that the main difficulties reported involve the planning and monitoring stages of the RTC system. All of the studied devices can benefit from RTC. It is possible to observe that, despite the good results reported in the literature, the application of RTC to NBS studies on urban drainage are very recent. There are several opportunities that can be explored to optimize the performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de05222d69784a1ea1dcac7a9c33ad732023-12-03T11:57:31ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412021-02-0113565110.3390/w13050651Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and OpportunitiesJosé Brasil0Marina Macedo1César Lago2Thalita Oliveira3Marcus Júnior4Tassiana Oliveira5Eduardo Mendiondo6Department of Hydraulic and Sanitation, EESC—University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, BrazilDepartment of Hydraulic and Sanitation, EESC—University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, BrazilDepartment of Hydraulic and Sanitation, EESC—University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, BrazilDepartment of Hydraulic and Sanitation, EESC—University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, BrazilDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USADepartment of Hydraulic and Sanitation, EESC—University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, BrazilDepartment of Hydraulic and Sanitation, EESC—University of São Paulo, São Carlos 13566-590, BrazilNature-based solutions (NBS) as green infrastructures to urban drainage are an effective mitigation strategy both in terms of quantity and quality of runoff. Real-time control (RTC) can complement both flood mitigation and improvement of water quality by controlling elements of the drainage and sewage system. This study assessed the improvement opportunities with RTC of three NBS-related techniques commonly applied in urban drainage with different spatial scales: green roof, bioretention and detention basin and the remaining challenges to integrate both methods. Additionally, our investigations showed that the main difficulties reported involve the planning and monitoring stages of the RTC system. All of the studied devices can benefit from RTC. It is possible to observe that, despite the good results reported in the literature, the application of RTC to NBS studies on urban drainage are very recent. There are several opportunities that can be explored to optimize the performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/5/651nature-based solutionsreal-time controlurban resiliencewater quality improvement |
| spellingShingle | José Brasil Marina Macedo César Lago Thalita Oliveira Marcus Júnior Tassiana Oliveira Eduardo Mendiondo Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities Water nature-based solutions real-time control urban resilience water quality improvement |
| title | Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full | Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_fullStr | Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_short | Nature-Based Solutions and Real-Time Control: Challenges and Opportunities |
| title_sort | nature based solutions and real time control challenges and opportunities |
| topic | nature-based solutions real-time control urban resilience water quality improvement |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/5/651 |
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