Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas
Blue-green infrastructures (BGI) integrate solutions implemented to enhance water management and landscape values for more climateresilient and livable cities. BGI have created an opportunity to renew the natural structure of water balance in cities through the increase in rainwater retention and en...
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| author | Ewelina Pochodyła Katarzyna Glińska-Lewczuk Agnieszka Jaszczak |
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| description | Blue-green infrastructures (BGI) integrate solutions implemented to enhance water management and landscape values for more climateresilient and livable cities. BGI have created an opportunity to renew the natural structure of water balance in cities through the increase in rainwater retention and enlargement of permeable areas. The review of the literature on BGI development and solutions showed that the most popular BGI elements in terms of urban water quantity and quality were rain gardens, green roofs, vertical greening systems, and permeable pavements. Their structure and effectiveness were presented and reviewed. Despite the consensus between researchers that BGI benefit urban hydrology, differences in runoff decreased (2%-100%) lowering the peak flows (7%-70%) and infiltration (to 60%) or evapotranspiration (19%-84%) were reported. Due to an individual technical structure, each BGI element plays a specific role and there is no universal BGI solution against water-related problems. We inferred that the most effective ones were individually adapted solutions, which prevent from a stressor. The greater variety of solutions in a given area, the more benefits for the urban environment. Our analyses showed that a holistic and co-creative approach to create blue-green networks should be considered in modern water management plans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e421d60439aa4279be802003350955182022-12-22T04:32:20ZengInternational Association for Landscape Ecology, Chapter GermanyLandscape Online1865-15422021-09-019210.3097/LO.202192Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areasEwelina Pochodyła0Katarzyna Glińska-Lewczuk1Agnieszka Jaszczak2University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Water Management and Climatology, PolandUniversity of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Water Management and Climatology, PolandUniversity of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Landscape Architecture, PolandBlue-green infrastructures (BGI) integrate solutions implemented to enhance water management and landscape values for more climateresilient and livable cities. BGI have created an opportunity to renew the natural structure of water balance in cities through the increase in rainwater retention and enlargement of permeable areas. The review of the literature on BGI development and solutions showed that the most popular BGI elements in terms of urban water quantity and quality were rain gardens, green roofs, vertical greening systems, and permeable pavements. Their structure and effectiveness were presented and reviewed. Despite the consensus between researchers that BGI benefit urban hydrology, differences in runoff decreased (2%-100%) lowering the peak flows (7%-70%) and infiltration (to 60%) or evapotranspiration (19%-84%) were reported. Due to an individual technical structure, each BGI element plays a specific role and there is no universal BGI solution against water-related problems. We inferred that the most effective ones were individually adapted solutions, which prevent from a stressor. The greater variety of solutions in a given area, the more benefits for the urban environment. Our analyses showed that a holistic and co-creative approach to create blue-green networks should be considered in modern water management plans.https://landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/170Blue-green infrastructureSustainable developmentClimate ChangeUrban ecologyRainwater management |
| spellingShingle | Ewelina Pochodyła Katarzyna Glińska-Lewczuk Agnieszka Jaszczak Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas Landscape Online Blue-green infrastructure Sustainable development Climate Change Urban ecology Rainwater management |
| title | Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas |
| title_full | Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas |
| title_fullStr | Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas |
| title_short | Blue-green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas |
| title_sort | blue green infrastructure as a new trend and an effective tool for water management in urban areas |
| topic | Blue-green infrastructure Sustainable development Climate Change Urban ecology Rainwater management |
| url | https://landscape-online.org/index.php/lo/article/view/170 |
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