Stormwater management challenges as revealed through a design experiment with professional landscape architects
Abstract
Despite a number of potential benefits, using the urban landscape for managing stormwater runoff is spreading rather slowly. As urban planners and landscape architects are considered key protagonists of this trend, the objective of the study was to identify the challenges they confront when asked to retrofit an urban landscape for the management of stormwater runoff. Monitoring a two-week design experiment involving six teams of professional landscape architects identified 11 challenges, including sizing of elements, estimating costs, understanding water dynamics, aspects of biodiversity promotion, and dealing with land administrations and ownership issues. Measures to address the challenges are discussed. It should be noted that all six teams approached the stormwater management challenge in an energetic and focused way, applying their technical, personal and site-specific knowledge, and delivered innovative, flexible and coherent solutions. This emphasizes that the design process constitutes a strong and unique problem solving tool.
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The central challenge is regulating a diffuse, nonpoint source of pollution (stormwater) using local authority, with little control over large portions of the stormwater source (private properties), and limited funding to implement actions.
“The central challenge is regulating a diffuse, nonpoint source of pollution (i.e., stormwater) using local authority, with little control over large portions of the stormwater source (i.e., private properties), and limited funding to implement actions (Backhaus et al. 2012;Dhakal and Chevalier 2016;Subramanian 2016).”
From Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities (2022) · cites this paper as Backhaus et al. 2012
Small-scale projects may be the better alternatives to large projects that must overcome limited space and uncooperative landowners, particularly in areas with no opportunity to retrofit pre-existing stormwater management structures.
“Small-scale projects may be the better alternatives to large projects that must overcome limited space and uncooperative landowners (Backhaus et al. 2012;Malinowski et al. 2018;Woznicki et al. 2018), particularly in areas with no opportunity to retrofit pre-existing stormwater management structures.”
From Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities (2022) · cites this paper as Backhaus et al. 2012
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Phase II MS4 challenges: moving toward effective stormwater management for small municipalities
Rieck, L., Carson, C., Hawley, R. J., Heller, M., Paul, M., Scoggins, M., Zimmerman, M., & Smith, R. F. (2022) · Urban Ecosystems · doi:10.1007/s11252-021-01179-3 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
- Authors
- Backhaus, A., Dam, T., & Jensen, M. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Backhaus, Antje
- Venue
- Urban Water Journal
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-02
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 29-43
- ISSN
- 1573-062X (ISSN-L)
- 1744-9006
- OpenAlex
- W2002053656
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Urban Water Journal (publishedVersion)
- Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Urban Planning and Landscape Design
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Keywords
- stormwater management, urban landscape, landscape architects, design experiments, retrofitting, design process, professional challenges, cost estimation, biodiversity, land ownership, water dynamics
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