The future of a past porous city : public spaces as integrated components of Lahijan's stormwater management infrastructure
Mirsafa, Masoumeh LU
(2017)
33rd International on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017
In Proceedings of 33rd PLEA International Conference: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017
2.
p.2888-2895
- Abstract
The emergence of the modern urban water infrastructure, albeit facilitated the waste- and stormwater management, it left some negative imprints on Iran's urban and natural environment. Among which changing the hydrology of urban watershed has great importance. Moreover, lack of resilience of the current stormwater management infrastructure is increasing the risks of urban flooding and pollution of water bodies in cases of extreme weather events. The present research is built upon a case study conducted in Lahijan, a small city in northern Iran. The historical investigations reveal that stormwater has been integrated into the formation of Lahijan's public spaces for centuries, and different urban surfaces through various storage,... (More)
The emergence of the modern urban water infrastructure, albeit facilitated the waste- and stormwater management, it left some negative imprints on Iran's urban and natural environment. Among which changing the hydrology of urban watershed has great importance. Moreover, lack of resilience of the current stormwater management infrastructure is increasing the risks of urban flooding and pollution of water bodies in cases of extreme weather events. The present research is built upon a case study conducted in Lahijan, a small city in northern Iran. The historical investigations reveal that stormwater has been integrated into the formation of Lahijan's public spaces for centuries, and different urban surfaces through various storage, conveyance, evaporation and infiltration capacities were the key components of on-site stormwater management of Lahijan. As an endeavour to build new techniques upon the old traditions, the paper aims to combine place-making and stormwater management infrastructure design to achieve the sustainability of local water resources and the resiliency of Lahijan's urban form. Accordingly, urban spaces of the future water sensitive Lahijan would become part of the stormwater management infrastructure and create a set of visually pleasant, environmentally sustainable and yet resilient urban forms to addresses the problems of water scarcity, flooding, and pollution.
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- author
- Mirsafa, Masoumeh
LU
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Iran, Lahijan, Public space, Stormwater, Urban water infrastructure
- host publication
- Proceedings of 33rd PLEA International Conference : Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017 - Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017
- series title
- Proceedings of 33rd PLEA International Conference: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017
- editor
- Brotas, Luisa ; Roaf, Sue and Nicol, Fergus
- volume
- 2
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- NCEUB 2017 - Network for Comfort and Energy Use in Buildings
- conference name
- 33rd International on Passive and Low Energy Architecture Conference: Design to Thrive, PLEA 2017
- conference location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- conference dates
- 2017-07-02 - 2017-07-05
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85085917724
- ISBN
- 9780992895754
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 182b3322-f38e-4668-b635-0465b46b556c
- date added to LUP
- 2025-03-07 17:14:33
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- 2025-04-15 14:49:08
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