Coupling GIS with Stormwater Modelling for the Location Prioritization and Hydrological Simulation of Permeable Pavements in Urban Catchments

D. Jato-Espino, N. Sillanpää, Susanne M. Charlesworth, I. Andrés-Doménech

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    Abstract

    Permeable Pavement Systems (PPS) are an alternative to conventional paving systems that allow water to filter through their layers instead of running off them. They are structural source control Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS), which can contribute to reducing increased flood risk due to the combination of two of the greatest challenges with which cities will have to deal in the future: urbanization and Climate Change. Hence, this research consisted of the design of a site selection methodology for the location prioritization of PPS in urban catchments, in order to simulate their potential to attenuate flooding caused by severe rainfall events. This was achieved through the coupling of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and stormwater models, whose combination provided a framework for both locating and characterizing PPS. The usefulness of the methodology was tested through a real case study consisting of an urban catchment located in Espoo (southern Finland), which demonstrated that PPS can make a significant difference in the amount of runoff generated in an urban catchment due to intense storms.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number451
    JournalWater
    Volume8
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Oct 2016

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    The full text is currently available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w8100451
    This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (CC BY 4.0).

    Keywords

    • catchment hydrology
    • Geographic Information System
    • Permeable Pavement Systems
    • site selection
    • stormwater modelling
    • Sustainable Drainage Systems

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