Sustainability,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(6), P. 2527 - 2527
Published: March 13, 2025
The
overuse
of
concrete
in
historical
areas,
currently
observed
various
urban
watersheds
Poland,
may
pose
a
significant
threat
to
the
water
balance
catchments,
leading
even
pluvial
flooding.
distorted
be,
some
extent,
restored
by
sustainable
green
architecture
designs.
This
paper
presents
an
attempt
at
numerical
assessment
changes
caused
revitalization
three
main
squares
cities
Lublin
Voivodeship,
Poland.
A
proposal
for
rain
garden
installation,
allowing
partial
restoration
balance,
is
also
introduced.
Numerical
calculations
runoff
generation
were
performed
SWMM
5
software
real
weather
conditions
recorded
during
period
1
June–31
August
2024.
simulations
show
that
increase
imperviousness
studied
catchments
results
characteristics,
with
78.2–90.9%
volume
and
108–141.7%
peak
flows.
introduction
proposed
gardens
allows
reduction
flows,
down
18.1–30.2%
17.9–32.0%,
respectively.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Jan. 25, 2025
Abstract
Land
use
changes
profoundly
affect
hydrological
processes
and
water
quality
at
various
scales,
necessitating
a
comprehensive
understanding
of
sustainable
resource
management.
This
paper
investigates
the
implications
land
alterations
in
Gap-Cheon
watershed,
analyzing
data
from
2012
2022
predicting
up
to
2052
using
Future
Use
Simulation
(FLUS)
model.
The
study
employs
Hydrological
Program-FORTRAN
(HSPF)
model
assess
quantity
dynamics.
Seven
classes
were
identified,
their
evolution
was
examined,
revealing
significant
shifts
urban,
agricultural,
grassland,
wetland,
forested
areas.
performance
across
observed
evaluated
coefficient
determination
(
R
2
),
percent
bias
(PBAIS),
mean
absolute
error
(MAE).
Results
show
dynamic
nature
changes,
highlighting
urbanization,
agriculture,
Notably,
explores
consequences
these
on
quality,
scrutinizing
surface
runoff,
evapotranspiration,
stream
flow,
nutrient
loads.
Urban
green
spaces
emerge
as
key
mitigators,
regulating
runoff
enhancing
absorption.
Forests
(vegetation)
also
play
crucial
role
maintaining
balance,
while
wetlands
act
natural
filters
for
flood
mitigation
improvement.
findings
underscore
importance
informed
planning,
recognizing
urban
spaces,
forests,
integral
components
watershed
As
society
navigates
environmental
challenges,
this
research
contributes
deeper
complex
interactions
between
human
activities
environment
emphasizing
need
nature-based
solutions
planning
resilient
balanced
ecosystems.
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
728, P. 138608 - 138608
Published: April 22, 2020
In
recent
years,
Sponge
City
has
gained
significant
interests
as
a
way
of
urban
water
management.
The
kernel
is
to
develop
coupled
green-grey-blue
system
which
consists
green
infrastructure
at
the
source,
grey
(i.e.
drainage
system)
midway
and
receiving
bodies
blue
part
terminal.
However,
current
approaches
for
assessing
performance
construction
are
confined
green-grey
systems
do
not
adequately
reflect
effectiveness
in
runoff
reduction
impacts
on
bodies.
This
paper
proposes
an
integrated
assessment
framework
compliance
quantity
quality
control
targets
construction.
Rainfall
river
models
provide
quantitative
simulation
evaluations
number
indicators
land-based
quality.
A
multi-criteria
decision-making
method,
i.e.,
Technique
Order
Preference
by
Similarity
Ideal
Solution
(TOPSIS)
adopted
rank
design
alternatives
identify
optimal
alternative
this
demonstrated
typical
plain
network
area
Suzhou,
China.
results
demonstrate
that
strategies
increases
with
large
scale
deployment
under
smaller
rainfall
events.
addition,
though
surface
dilution
effect
quality,
pollutants
can
play
role
improvement.
be
applied
projects
achieve
enhancement
The Science of The Total Environment,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
720, P. 137630 - 137630
Published: Feb. 28, 2020
This
study
proposes
a
modelling
framework
of
integrated
one-dimensional
(1D)
and
two-dimensional
(2D)
hydrodynamic
to
evaluate
the
effectiveness
sponge
city
construction
at
community
scale.
Through
case
in
Zhuhai,
we
integrate
Stormwater
Management
Model
(SWMM)
Cellular
Automata
Dual-DraInagE
Simulation
(CADDIES)
2D
model
analyze
rainfall-runoff
process
involving
green
infrastructures.
SWMM
is
applied
change
surface
runoff
control
effects
before
after
implementation
low
impact
development
(LID)
facilities,
CADDIES
adopted
simulate
propagation
excess
on
surface.
The
results
show
that
LID
facilities
can
effectively
reduce
volume
small
medium-sized
rainfall
events
since
maximum
reduction
rate
94.4%.
For
long-term
operation,
capture
52.9%
annual
by
28.0%.
However,
simulations
indicate
have
little
effect
flood
alleviation
specific
regions
under
extreme
conditions.
In
addition,
compared
performance
using
four
different
terrain
Digital
Elevation
(DEM)
resolutions
found
1
m
DEM
resolution
produce
comparable
0.25
with
fraction
computational
time.
We
also
find
MIKE
FLOOD
obtain
similar
simulation
results,
p-value
=
0.09
which
>0.05,
but
SWMM-CADDIES
more
suitable
for
small-scale
simulation.
