Published In

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Water Management

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-11-2016

Subjects

Drainage, Urban runoff -- Management, Sustainable urban development, Water quality, Sustainable development

Abstract

Sustainable drainage systems or ‘Suds’ are increasingly accepted as an effective means of ‘making space for water’, adapting to possible climate change and helping communities become more flood and drought resilient. This study explores potential shifts in perception and attitude through Suds installation, development and habituation. Attitudes and awareness in communities in the USA and UK, where Suds have been in place for some time, were compared and contrasted, examining any evolution of beliefs and practices and wider community resilience. The principal finding was that there existed a lack of understanding about the existence and function of Suds. The paper concludes that consultation regarding solutions during Suds planning and installation, and ongoing dialogue afterwards, could usefully be explored as a means to improve local awareness of and satisfaction with Suds and promote greater understanding of their function. This may in turn encourage behaviour change to improve longer-term functionality...

Description

Published with permission by the ICE under the CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

DOI

10.1680/wama.14.00076

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/16870

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