Evaluating hydrological and socio-economic impacts of green/blue space projects for storm water management = Evaluation des effets hydrologiques et socioéconomiques des espaces verts/bleus pour la gestion des eaux de pluie

• Autor(a) principal: Roebeling, Peter
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Palla, Anna, Saraiva, Miguel Marinho, Gnecco, Ilaria, Fidélis, Teresa, Teotónio, Carla, Enrico, G., Boeri, C., Gallea, A.
• Tipo de documento: Livro
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/126815

European regions and cities face important challenges related to water management, including storage, discharge, quality and periodic stress. To address these challenges, it is evident that water must become an integral part of urban planning policies and their implementation. The international co-operation project Aqua-Add (Deploying the added value of water in local and regional development) aims to deploy the potential of 'water' (economically, socially and environmentally) in urbanized landscapes and to improve the implementation of water measures in local and regional urban planning. In this framework, hydrologic and hedonic-pricing simulation modelling approaches are integrated and applied in order to demonstrate the potential environmental, social and economic impacts of different water management scenarios as well as to facilitate more informed decision making across stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to assess the hydrological as well as socioeconomic implications of green/blue space projects for storm water management in medium-sized cities. In particular, the case study of Imperia (Italy) is here presented and discussed.