
Integrating novel field data sets
Modelling blue-green infrastructure performance – integrating novel field data sets.
The role of blue-green infrastructure (BGI) as a multiple-benefit approach to managing stormwater flows close to source as well as contributing to meeting a range of regulatory requirements and policy priorities (e.g. UN SDGs, EU Water Framework Directive, and national environmental objectives) is high on the international research agenda.
To facilitate this shift from piped to BGI, a better understanding of its functionality is required to inform both BGI design and its use within urban planning. Our previous research identified that predicted runoff volumes varied in relation to model used, identifying that water content of the soil in blue green areas/infrastructure was a decisive factor the formation of surface runoff from rainfall and infiltration into the soil.
We are now exploring the use of new data we generated on soil water content in an urban swale and the added value of including this parameter within more detail and how the inclusion data context can be integrated within urban rainfall-runoff modelling.
Hendrik Rujner, Jiri Marsalek och Maria Viklander
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