Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design

Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Urban Greening, Economics, Policies, and Community Perceptions

Ashok Sharma, Ted Gardner, Don Begbie

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9780128128435
• eBook ISBN:
  9780128128442
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Ecology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Economics, Policies and Community Perceptions covers all aspects on the implementation of sustainable storm water systems for urban and suburban areas whether they are labeled as WSUD, Low Impact Development (LID), Green Infrastructure (GI), Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) or the Sponge City Concept. These systems and approaches are becoming an integral part of developing water sensitive cities as they are considered very capable solutions in addressing issues relating to urbanization, climate change and heat island impacts in dealing with storm water issues. The book is based on research conducted in Australia and around the world, bringing in perspectives in an ecosystems approach, a water quality approach, and a sewer based approach to stormwater, all of which are uniquely covered in this single resource. - Presents a holistic examination of the current knowledge on WSUD and storm water, including water quality, hydrology, social impacts, economic impacts, ecosystem health, and implementation guidelines - Includes additional global approaches to WSUD, including SUDS, LID, GI and the Sponge City Concept - Covers the different perspectives from Australia (ecosystem based), the USA (water quality based) and Europe (sewer based) - Addresses storm water management during the civil construction stage when much of the ecological damage can be done

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of Contributors
• Editors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1. History of Water Sensitive Urban Design/Low Impact Development Adoption in Australia and Internationally
• Chapter 2. Water Sensitive Urban Design Approaches and Their Description
• Chapter 3. Stormwater Quality, Pollutant Sources, Processes, and Treatment Options
• Chapter 4. WSUD Design Guidelines and Data Needs
• Chapter 5. The Role of Policy and Regulation in WSUD Implementation
• Chapter 6. Flood and Peak Flow Management Using WSUD Systems
• Chapter 7. Water Sensitive Urban Design Approaches in Sewer System Overflow Management
• Chapter 8. Erosion and Sediment Control—WSUD During the Construction Phase of Land Development
• Chapter 9. Water Harvesting Potential of WSUD Approaches
• Chapter 10. Using WSUD to Restore Predevelopment Hydrology
• Chapter 11. Urbanization: Hydrology, Water Quality, and Influences on Ecosystem Health
• Chapter 12. Protecting and Managing Stream Morphology in Urban Catchments Using WSUD
• Chapter 13. Urban Lakes as a WSUD System
• Chapter 14. Economics of Water Sensitive Urban Design
• Chapter 15. Optimization of WSUD Systems: Selection, Sizing, and Layout
• Chapter 16. Infrastructure and Urban Planning Context for Achieving the Visions of Integrated Urban Water Management and Water Sensitive Urban Design: The Case of Melbourne
• Chapter 17. Integrating WSUD and Mainstream Spatial Planning Approaches: Lessons From South Africa
• Chapter 18. The Role of WSUD in Contributing to Sustainable Urban Settings
• Chapter 19. WSUD and Urban Heat Island Effect Mitigation
• Chapter 20. The Role of Green Roofs and Living Walls as WSUD Approaches in a Dry Climate
• Chapter 21. Greening and Cooling the City Using Novel Urban Water Systems: A European Perspective
• Chapter 22. WSUD Asset Management Operation and Maintenance
• Chapter 23. Capacity Building for WSUD Implementation
• Chapter 24. Community Perceptions of the Implementation and Adoption of WSUD Approaches for Stormwater Management
• Chapter 25. Post Implementation Assessment of WSUD Approaches: Kansas City Case. WSUD Systems Scale Monitoring and Watershed Level Model Validation
• Chapter 26. WSUD Implementation in a Precinct Residential Development: Perth Case Study
• Chapter 27. WSUD “Best in Class”—Case Studies From Australia, New Zealand, United States, Europe, and Asia
• Index