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School of Civil Engineering FACULTY OF ENGINEERING. Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) at the University of Leeds campus. Christopher Smith – MSc Environmental Engineering & Project Management, 2019. Water Sensitive Urban Design. Aims: Integrate the water cycle into urban design and planning
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School of Civil Engineering FACULTY OF ENGINEERING Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) at the University of Leeds campus . Christopher Smith – MSc Environmental Engineering & Project Management, 2019
Water Sensitive Urban Design Aims: Integrate the water cycle into urban design and planning Image / explanation /example***** - aims / good practice / outcomes / deliverables & wider relevance
Commitment Leeds Sustainable buildings design standard. 2017 – 2020: Sustainable use of Water (1) • Flood Risk from Surface Runoff –SUDS, Landscaping Campus will be used to test and showcase examples of sustainable urban drainage • Collaboration with water@leeds, implementing sustainable urban drainage solutions (7)
The wider impact…. Infrastructure Research Innovation Sustainable management, Conserve & Reuse Environment Adaptation Risk Management Environment Adaptation Risk Management
Status today US, Australia - early adopters (images / example) UK – challenges Flood and Water Management Act 2010 in England, SUD systems for new developments (e.g. Duffy et al., 2012). EVIDENCE? City of Leeds & Aire catchment - growing city, flood risk Campus – commitment since 2014, few examples – why?
Collaboration • common language • future integration of the water cycle within the built environment
Resources • Contractors – leverage relationships • UoL – powerful multidisciplinary approach to integrate stakeholders • City of Leeds – lead best practice, deliver skills exchange
Building knowledge and capacity Policy implementation Integrating planning: river basin management plans, water resources planning and drought planning WSUD could help with payment for ecosystem services. Water is valued, giving credibility to policy decisions.
Positive partnering with society SLIDE AIM: City of Leeds – highlight broader benefits of embedding water & sensitive urban design – water, litter, amenity, green and blue water, flood and climate change resilience Participation & involvement: local decision making about water in their environment, contributing local knowledge to urban planning and design (3)
REFERENCES • University of Leeds Sustainable buildings design, construction and refurbishment standard. 2017 – 2020. http://2ej3yy3dhmmm499wwc3l4n36-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Sustainable-Construction-Standard.pdf • United Nations, 2019. SDG 2030. https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/envision2030-goal6.html online resource accessed 05//01/19 • Ashley, R, Lundy, L, Ward, S et al. (6 more authors) (2013) Water-sensitive urban design: opportunities for the UK. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer, 166 (ME2). 65 - 76. ISSN 0965-0903 • Department of Planning and Local Government 2010, Water Sensitive Urban Design Technical Manual, Government of South Australia, Adelaide, viewed 14 May 2016, • Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (2010) Elizabeth II. The Stationery Office, London, UK. • City of Sydney, 2014. Decentralized Water Master Plan, Developed From Project #4487, Institutional Issues for Integrated One Water Management https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/122873/Final-Decentralised-Water-Master-Plan.pdf • University of Leeds (2014). A Sustainability Strategy for the University of Leeds 2014 - 2020 Becoming the Architects of Possibilityhttp://sustainability.leeds.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/4381-Leeds-Action-Plan-A4-Landscape-V5-1-1.pdf • iCASP, 2019. Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme (iCASP), 2019. https://icasp.org.uk/about/ online resource accessed 12/2/19