Godecke-Tobias Blecken
Professor
Research subject: Urban Water Engineering
Division: Architecture and Water
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
About me
Godecke Blecken’s main research focus is on urban stormwater management. During his PhD studies until 2010, Godecke investigated the function and adaptation of stormwater bioretention to demanding climates. Since then he has broadened his work and also investigated other stormwater control measures such as permeable pavements, infiltration systems, ponds, constructed wetlands, done research on stormwater quality and the impact of stormwater discharges on the natural environment.
An important part of Godecke’s research deals with the investigation of the function of stormwater control measures in demanding climates and their adaptation to these. A special focus here is on cold climates. Another main research topic is related to the long-term function of stormwater control measures and their maintenance needs. There is a clear risk that existing measures do not perform sufficiently e.g. due to a lack of maintenance. Current projects deal further with treatment of pollutants of emerging concern and with the function of stormwater management on catchment scale. Further, Godecke works with evaluating ecosystem services of blue green infrastructure.
Research projects
- Stormwater&Sewers External link.
- Bioretention: from copy‐pasted standard solutions to sophisticated design External link.
- Improving green roof perfomance in demanding climates External link.
- Stormwater management for railway infrastructure External link.
- Receiving water impact of stormwater External link.
- Assessment of compact stormwater treatment (EcoVault) External link.
- BlueGreen Infrastructure for a Sustainable Climate Adaptation of the Future City External link.
- Achieving multifunctional, holistic and sustainable stormwater management in existing development External link.
- Multi-functional street-scale blue-green infrastructure External link.
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