Performance under a changing climate

Modelling blue-green infrastructure performance under a changing climate.
One outcome of our earlier urban drainage modelling performance research was recognition of the need to better understand the hydrological performance of a range of BGI components under both current and future Swedish climatic regimes.

More specifically, the need to investigate the extent to which local climates (i.e. precipitation, temperature, and evapotranspiration patterns) influence the hydrologic performance of BGI within the various climatic regions experienced within Sweden today as well as in relation to predicted future changes in patterns of rainfall frequency, duration and intensity. The emphasis of this research is to evaluate whether green infrastructure design criteria should vary between regions and, if so, provide recommendations to improve the hydrologic design of the facilities in Sweden.

Ivan Mantilla, Kelsey Flanagan, Tone Muthanna och Maria Viklander