The potential for green roofs in sustainable urban drainage systems

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dc.careerCarrera de Arquitecturaes
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributorDavis Michael, J.
dc.contributorTapia, C.
dc.contributor.authorDavis Michael, Joseph Maks
dc.date2016
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:24:40Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:24:40Z
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractUrban environments tend to lack the capacity to absorb water from precipitation. This is due to vegetated surfaces being replaced by impermeable ones, such as concrete, bitumen or similar. As a result problems can occur, where a period of heavy rainfall coincides with sudden increases in surface water runoff. This in turn can lead to a city’s sewerage system becoming overloaded. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), are recognized worldwide as a successful manner by which to mitigate this phenomenon. One of the principal components of SUDS are permeable areas in an urban setting, which have the ability to absorb and retain rainfall that would otherwise flow as surface runoff. To date there has been little research into what the effect of a massive increase in green roofs would have for cities in Ecuador. As a developing country, it is not uncommon for cities’ sewerage systems to suffer collapse when faced with sudden rainfall peak loads. It is suggested in this paper, that instead of looking to implement costly sewerage expansion programs, it would be more cost effective to implement city scale green roof systems. The paper sets out to quantify the theoretical effect of such an initiativeen_US
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dc.event.nameThe potential for green roofs in sustainable urban drainage systemsen_US
dc.event.paperThe potential for green roofs in sustainable urban drainage systemsen_US
dc.event.publicationThe potential for green roofs in sustainable urban drainage systemsen_US
dc.facultyArquitectura, Diseño y Artes Visualeses
dc.id.author1755217435
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/4258
dc.indexed.databaseEventoes
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsDavis Michael, J. y Tapia, C.
dc.rightsOpenAccessen
dc.titleThe potential for green roofs in sustainable urban drainage systemsen_US
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