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Co-design of experimental nature-based solutions for decentralized dry-weather runoff treatment retrofitted in a densely urbanized area in Central America

Pérez Rubi, Maria ; Hack, Jochen (2021)
Co-design of experimental nature-based solutions for decentralized dry-weather runoff treatment retrofitted in a densely urbanized area in Central America.
In: Ambio, 2021, 50 (8)
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00018925
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Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: Co-design of experimental nature-based solutions for decentralized dry-weather runoff treatment retrofitted in a densely urbanized area in Central America
Language: English
Date: 16 July 2021
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2021
Publisher: Springer
Journal or Publication Title: Ambio
Volume of the journal: 50
Issue Number: 8
Collation: 16 ungezählte Seiten
DOI: 10.26083/tuprints-00018925
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Origin: Secondary publication service
Abstract:

The quality of water in many urban rivers in Latin America is increasingly degrading due to wastewater and runoff discharges from urban sprawl. Due to deficits in sanitary drainage systems, greywater is discharged to the stormwater drainage network generating a continuous dry-weather runoff that reaches rivers without treatment. One of the main challenges in the region is to achieve sustainable management of urban runoff for the recovery of rivers ecosystem integrity. However, retrofitting conventional centralized wastewater drainage networks into the existing urban grid represents important social, economic and technical challenges. This paper presents an alternative adaptive methodology for the design of Nature-based Solutions for decentralized urban runoff treatment. Through this study, technical solutions commonly used for stormwater management were adapted for dry-weather runoff treatment and co-designed for the particular conditions of a representative study area, considering space availability as the main constraining factor for retrofitting in urban areas. The application of a co-design process in a dense neighbourhood of the Great Metropolitan area of Costa Rica brought to light valuable insights about conditions that could be hindering the implementation of NBS infrastructures in Latin America.

Status: Publisher's Version
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-189254
Classification DDC: 500 Science and mathematics > 550 Earth sciences and geology
Divisions: 11 Department of Materials and Earth Sciences > Earth Science > Ecological Engineering
TU-Projects: Bund/BMBF|01UU1704|SEE-URBAN-WATER
Date Deposited: 16 Jul 2021 12:35
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2023 19:03
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/18925
PPN: 501779310
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