Benefits, inconveniences, and facilities of the application of rain gardens in urban spaces from the perspective of climate change – a review
Authors:
- Joanna Bąk,
- Matthias Barjenbruch
Abstract
The need to support existing sewage systems is obvious due to the noticeable consequences of climate change, such as extreme rainfall, which is causing more urban flooding. It is believed that these phenomena will intensify in the long-term, and that sewage systems will be overloaded with stormwater. Consequently, cities will need more opportunities to protect themselves from flooding. Moreover, longer periods of drought will increase the temperatures in towns. The use of blue and green infrastructure is being used to adapt to climate change and to limit its effects in cities. However, it is important not to apply these solutions indiscriminately. They have obvious advantages, but are also limited in their uses. Facilities are also being developed for the design and construction of green infrastructure. This article presents the benefits of using rain gardens in urban spaces and in relation to other forms of blue-green infrastructure; it also explored the problems that may occur while using them. More important facilitations in the implementation of rain gardens into urban fabrics are discussed, particularly in the context of the existing inconveniences. A holistic approach to the issue was applied addressing technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects.
- Record ID
- CUT31b6840b99224d50ab1e87f682650525
- Publication categories
- ;
- Author
- Journal series
- Water, ISSN , e-ISSN 2073-4441, Biweekly
- Issue year
- 2022
- Vol
- 14
- No
- 7
- Pages
- [1-19]
- Article number
- 1153
- Other elements of collation
- rys.; tab.; Bibliografia (na s.) - 16-19; Bibliografia (liczba pozycji) - 81; Oznaczenie streszczenia - Abstr.; Numeracja w czasopiśmie - Vol. 14, Iss. 7, Spec. Iss.
- Substantive notes
- Special Issue: Urban Green and Blue Infrastructure: Current Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
- Keywords in English
- raingarden, blue and green infrastructure, rainwater mamangement, stormwater, sewerage, LID, climate change, bioretention
- ASJC Classification
- ; ; ;
- DOI
- DOI:10.3390/w14071153 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/7/1153 Opening in a new tab
- Related project
- E-mobilność oraz zrównoważone materiały i technologie. . Project leader at PK: , ,
- Language
- eng (en) English
- License
- Score (nominal)
- 100
- Score source
- journalList
- Score
- Publication indicators
- Additional fields
- Indeksowana w: Web of Science, Scopus
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://cris.pk.edu.pl/info/article/CUT31b6840b99224d50ab1e87f682650525/
- URN
urn:pkr-prod:CUT31b6840b99224d50ab1e87f682650525
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