Scenario-Based Green Infrastructure Installations for Building Urban Stormwater Resilience—A Case Study of Fengxi New City, China

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(10), P. 3990 - 3990

Published: May 10, 2024

Global climate change has precipitated a surge in urban flooding challenges, prompting the imperative role of green infrastructure (GI) as linchpin sponge city construction to enhance sustainability and resilience. But evaluation stormwater resilience faces challenges due lack comprehensive framework taking intrinsic features system into account insufficient coverage alternative scenarios’ performance under multiple rainfall return periods. This study, focusing on Fengxi New City, China, evaluates suitability GI (i.e., roofs, rain gardens, permeable pavements) constructs management model (SWMM) for hydrological simulation. study also establishes uses quantitative methods unify performances scenarios different Our analytical findings elucidate that is predominantly concentrated northern western areas area, with smallest suitable area observed pavements. Divergent GIs exhibit disparate performances, gardens emerging particularly efficacious. Importantly, combination yields synergistic enhancement resilience, underscoring strategic advantage adopting diverse integrated approach implementation. facilitates deeper understanding assists informed planning decisions cities.

Language: Английский

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Incentives and Disincentives in Public Participation – A Review of Public Participation in Planning Practices in China

Journal of Planning Literature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: July 25, 2024

Public participation is an increasingly popular topic in China, but more attention needs to be given stakeholders’ willingness participate. This paper reviews case studies identify incentives and disincentives for the public local governments involved planning. The identified are classified into individual, social, civil society, governmental levels. study finds that personal interests primarily incentivise public, while lack essential incentives. Governmental-level factors influence both parties, emphasising need political approaches enhance planning practices China.

Language: Английский

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To join the rebuild or not? An exploration of the factors influencing the public's intention to participate in urban renewal

Science Progress, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 105(4)

Published: Oct. 1, 2022

Due to the lack of trust in builder and indeterminate benefits, it is a struggle for people Taiwan make up their minds participate urban renewal. This leads completion rate renewal fewer than one ten-thousandth new construction needed. study investigated perspective on research variables how those influence intention Using Theory Planned Behavior, framework designed with project builders perceived benefits public participation as independent variables. Attitudes, subjective norms, behavioral control are mediating variables, general public's dependent variable. A total 545 valid questionnaires were collected through survey. The results showed that respondents' positively significantly influenced project, norms. affected attitudes people's attitudes, People's projects variable most strongly this study. provides practical suggestions government increase modeled two under context Taiwan. In future works, other factors could be included, such tax incentives, floor area rewards, fair appraisal.

Language: Английский

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Factors That Drive Resident Support for Planned Rain Gardens in Urban Neighborhoods

Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: Sept. 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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Slowing the expansion of impervious surfaces: the key to promoting high-quality and sustainable regional development

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 31(25), P. 37574 - 37593

Published: May 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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Revealing Public Perceptions of Biodiverse vs. Turf Swales: Balancing Enhanced Ecosystem Services with Heightened Concerns

Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(20), P. 2899 - 2899

Published: Oct. 12, 2024

Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is increasingly implemented worldwide to address issues while providing co-benefits such as habitat provision. However, research on public perceptions of GSI’s ecosystem benefits limited, and barriers perception maintenance hinder biodiversity promotion in GSI. Through an online survey (n = 781), we explored how residents four Northeast US urban areas—Prince George’s County Montgomery County, MD, New York City, Philadelphia, PA—perceived the concerns regarding two types bioswales (biodiverse turf). Biodiverse swales feature various plants promote biodiversity, whereas turf are primarily grass-covered. Our analyses included paired-samples t-tests, independent one-way repeated measures ANOVA tests, tests compare across bioswale types, aspects benefit/concern, locations. Both were recognized for enhancing green spaces neighborhood aesthetics. Residents perceived greater environmental social from biodiverse than swales, particularly While overall both low, potential like pest cultivation unappealing appearance remain significant barriers. Notably, implementing alleviated initial concerns, especially about pests, suggesting familiarity can enhance acceptance. Location-specific differences observed, with City showing higher exhibiting lowest concerns. This variance likely due distinct environments, levels awareness, demographic profiles.

Language: Английский

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Sustainability outcomes and policy implications: Evaluating China’s “old urban neighborhood renewal” experiment

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(4), P. e0301380 - e0301380

Published: April 30, 2024

Globally, old urban neighborhood transformation has become a new sustainability focus for its significant contribution to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 11. A regeneration-oriented approach is particularly important Chinese cities with dwindling land supply, obsoleting infrastructure, and inadequate standard of living. Using mixed-methods informed by BREEAM Communities, we examined two initiatives—old renewal (OUNR) sponge city development (SCD)—through comprehensive study pilot project sustainability, policy emphases gaps, broader governance implications. We found that SCD’s top-down technocratic management was highly efficient in enhancing hydrological functions physical environment. However, successes were undermined lack climate considerations civic participation. Besides actionable recommendations applied scholarship policymaking China, provide insight into how OUNR/SCD initiatives may broadly inform worldwide regeneration practices through experimentations build adaptive capacity.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Stormwater Management for Different Types of Water-Scarce Cities: Environmental Policy Effect of Sponge City Projects in China

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(13), P. 5685 - 5685

Published: July 3, 2024

With high-speed urbanization, ecological space is seriously shrinking, and lagging drainage facilities contradict the needs of citizens. In particular, water-scarce cities are faced with frequent stormwater disasters, such as excessive accumulation rainwater, peak runoff water pollution, which threaten safety urban environment. This paper combined actual construction content sponge city project a whole process policy evaluation framework to examine whether projects solve these problems find different approaches results. Utilizing entropy fuzzy comprehensive provides systematic standard for system. The research shows that can achieve good governance effect, including constructing suitable scheme hydrological characteristics, effectively improving rainwater treatment level types cities, alleviating contradiction stages formulation, implementation results degree completion. On one hand, transform infrastructure at key locations, aiming interception capacity streets; on other restoring original natural waters improves conservation forms sustainable ecosystem between nature.

Language: Английский

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Exploring Public Preference and Willingness to Pay for the Ecosystem Benefits of Urban Green Infrastructure: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment of Pilot Sponge Cities in China

Water, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(15), P. 2767 - 2767

Published: July 30, 2023

Global extreme weather events such as rainstorms, floods and droughts have become increasingly frequent, posing significant threats to human beings worldwide. Green infrastructure has been implemented for decades mitigate these issues. However, its widespread adoption in cities is still limited. A lack of sustainable funds was viewed a great challenge implementation. Many developed countries practiced public participation stormwater fee systems challenges. To assess the value that citizens place on ecosystem benefits provided by urban green importance increasing their willingness pay. Thus, this paper aims explore preferences pay support construction maintenance costs. discrete choice experiment method employed five attributes were selected: reduction run-off pollutant, degrees ponding, plant type, planting aesthetics amount payment. The Ngene1.2 software used generate questionnaire, data collected from case cities, Xianyang Xi’xian New Area, China, analyzed using mixed logit model. results revealed Xianyang, not significantly associated with cognition, while positively related cognition. Respondents exhibited achieve reduced ponding both well improving Area. Based findings, we conclude government decision-makers should prioritize disseminating knowledge about residents before implementing projects communities. findings provide valuable insights into potential economic can guide policymakers planners making decisions regarding design, implementation, management infrastructure. This study contributes understanding citizen perspectives evaluation services

Language: Английский

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Will Changes in the Common Agricultural Policy Bring a Respectful Approach to Environment in EU Countries?

Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 21 - 25

Published: June 1, 2022

Abstract Under the 2014–2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), existence of two pillars is maintained and link between them strengthened. Regulation (EU) No. 1307/2013 provides a new system direct payments. The consisting decoupling agricultural aid from production (partial decoupling) provision general income support, which came into force in 2003, being transformed single farm payments are replaced by seven-component multi-purpose payments: basic payment per hectare, greening component, additional to young farmers, redistributive payment, support areas with natural handicaps, coupled voluntary simplified scheme for small farmers. There three measures related crop diversification: farmer must grow at least different crops; preservation existing permanent grasslands; creation an area ecological interest corresponding 5% arable land holding over 15 hectares (excluding grassland perennial crops). CAP aims increase agriculture‘s contribution EU‘s environmental climate objectives, provide more focused smaller farmers allow Member States greater flexibility adapt local conditions.

Language: Английский

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