A5061679351- Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Water resources management and optimization
- Hydraulic flow and structures
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring
- Odor and Emission Control Technologies
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Underground infrastructure and sustainability
- Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation
- Public-Private Partnership Projects
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
Luleå University of Technology
2012-2023
University of Sheffield
2013-2023
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
2011-2019
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities
2017-2019
Monash University
2018
Japan External Trade Organization
2016
Landscape Institute
2015
University of Leeds
2015
Welsh Government
2015
HR Wallingford
2015
The management of urban stormwater has become increasingly complex over recent decades. Consequently, terminology describing the principles and practices drainage diverse, increasing potential for confusion miscommunication. This paper documents history, scope, application underlying terms used in provides recommendations clear communication these principles. Terminology evolves locally thus an important role establishing awareness credibility new approaches contains nuanced understandings...
Engineering infrastructure is provided at high cost and expected to have a useful operational life of decades. However, it clear that the future uncertain. Traditional approaches designing operating urban storm drainage assets relied on past performance natural systems ability extrapolate this performance, together with across usable lifetime. Whether or not climate change going significantly alter weather patterns in Europe, now incumbent designers operators prepare for greater uncertainty...
This article describes how the governance arrangements of 2.2 billion Euro water safety programme Room for River are enabling a transition towards integrated river basin management in Netherlands. We observe that terms integrating multiple objectives and spatial scales, design multi-level processes have enabled establishment plans designs. conclude plays an important role to Netherlands through practical implementation strategic policy vision management. Also, application mixed...
Water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) is a concept that gaining support as means to manage water systems in an integrated way through the better positioning of topic planning and processes. emerging UK this paper sets scene identifies opportunities constraints from perspective. Recent developments management, ecosystem services multifunctional land use provide new for ‘getting more less’. These can range seeing all forms resource, exploiting contribute green blue infrastructure agendas,...
The incorporation of sustainability assessment into decision-making processes is a key task for water service providers in the UK and elsewhere. This paper describes development application set criteria, which have been developed tested with project partners Romania. They will be used 'guidebook' that out framework to facilitate inclusion process. work part Sustainable Water Industry Asset Resource Decisions develop multi-criteria analysis decision support system assist assess relative...
The traditional use of piped systems for stormwater management is increasingly criticized as being ‘unsustainable’. These are part the water domain where much research has focused on sustainable development indicators to support decision-makers in selecting that more sustainable. However, interest low. This paper identifies conditions engage practitioners inform their actions regard management. Empirical evidence been obtained from interviews with professionals Swedish municipalities....
This Report presents information on the current state of knowledge origins, occurrence, nature and effects sewer solids for use by engineers, scientists, administrators water quality planners planning, design operation sewerage systems. The report addresses both maintenance requirements environmental protection issues.Increasing standards, coupled with public expectations, have led to stringent standards. In response this, it has been necessary develop new methodologies computer based...
Urban planning is widely advocated as an important way to encourage the more sustainable management of urban stormwater, using alternatives piped systems. This paper explores in which Swedish water professionals have opportunities influence stormwater and barriers that limit their participation this process. Empirical evidence has been obtained from in-depth semi-structured interviews with nine municipalities. The shows there a perception legal requirements related provision drainage...
There is a growing international recognition that flood risk management in optima forma should be programmed and flexible process of continuously improving practices by active learning about the outcome earlier ongoing interventions drivers change. In Netherlands, such long-term, adaptive strategy now being implemented. This so-called second Delta Programme aims to identify exploit opportunities capitalize on short-term benefits opportunistic synergies arise from change will require...
Abstract Experience of retrofitting sustainable drainage systems ( SuDS ) in the U nited K ingdom is limited, and there are no well‐established procedures for evaluating feasibility, value or cost‐effectiveness doing this, particularly at catchment scale. This paper demonstrates a two‐phase process potential to retrofit address combined sewer discharges three subcatchments within T hames ideway L ondon. The first phase evaluates what might be achieved with various levels disconnection...
Nature-based blue-green infrastructure for urban stormwater management, such as bioretention systems, is considered to provide multiple benefits compared with conventional runoff quantity and quality control. There are a range of systems design construction can vary widely. Studies comparing environmental impacts between different various elements components have been lacking hence, this study aims address gap. Various designs differing filter media mixtures the first time using life cycle...
ABSTRACT Blue-green infrastructure (BGI) options are considered to be more sustainable practices for water management and bring a range of benefits over above management. Davidshall in Malmö, Sweden, has been used as case area assess the multiple implementing BGI, considering seven alternative BGI schemes systematically developed along two scales: naturalness (i.e. more/less engineered/complex) spatial distribution (e.g. decentral vs. end-of-pipe). The baseline was existing situation....
It is now well accepted that there are significant challenges to realising the widespread and self-sustaining implementation of sustainable urban water management. argued these entrenched within broader socio-political framework, yet often unsuccessfully addressed more narrow scope improving technical knowledge design capacity. This hypothesis investigated through a comparative analysis three independent research projects investigating different dimensions cycle, including stormwater...
Abstract Flood risks are increasing and available funding is reducing, posing professionals with the need to change practices. ‘Active learning’ can help develop capacity accept different perspectives on risk performance use alternative innovatory responses. Breaking entrapment of traditional approaches requires cultural in organisations individuals involved. L earning A lliances do this. In Y orkshire ( E ngland), a common forum for learning action relation flood water management has...
Urban drainage has developed from an engineering discipline, concerned principally with public health and safety outcomes, into a multifaceted vision linking environmental wider social economic imperatives to deliver multifunctional outcomes. UK attention is too often focused on surface water as ‘a problem’, despite international progress initiatives showing that ‘opportunity-centred’ approach needs be taken. Sustainable systems, or ‘Suds’, can, when they are part of integrated management,...