Authors: Ted Veldkamp, Nick Van Der Lee & Tom Schoenmaker
Roads as urban water buffers (abstract)
Here you can find the abstract of a research project presented during the session 'urban water systems' of the Reinventing the City Conference 2022, organised by the AMS Institute.
A snippet from the abstract:
(...) Through practice oriented research, the project ‘Roads as urban water buffers’ (2021-2023) provides insight into how water buffering roads (can) function in practice. Through field-research in various Dutch cities and municipalities we study, first of all, the stability, hydraulic and hydrological functioning, and sustainability of water buffering roads. Through MKBA-analyses we quantify, secondly, the cost-effectiveness. Through focus group discussions we identify, thirdly, the possibilities and obstacles with regards to the process of design, implementation, management and maintenance, as well as scalability and transferability of
design and practice. Through GIS-analyses we develop, finally, an opportunities-atlas showcasing the potential for roads as urban water buffers in urbanized contexts.
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Icon image: entrance road drains