Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Overcoming inertia to sustainable stormwater management practice
In Sweden, there is a growing receptivity for change to more sustainable stormwater practices using green infrastructure approaches. Unlike piped drainage systems they can have multiple benefits in use including flood control, pollutant removal and can add to the quality of urban space supporting green infrastructure through irrigation and providing cooling and an additional water source for supply. However, the change towards non-piped systems is facing many challenges: the tradition of using piped systems; a dominant environmental-technical discourse; lack of legislative, public, political and organisational support and lack of contextual conditions, all of which complicate and hinder the integration of sustainable stormwater management into planning and practice. These challenges, amongst others, are discussed in this thesis which is based on a practical approach and a change perspective. In Sweden as in many other countries, the so far only modest progress towards sustainable stormwater management requires understanding and an explanation as to how better to integrate and implement sustainable stormwater management goals into planning and practice, accelerating the change process. The main research question concerns the possibilities for influencing a shift from traditional management using pipes to one which adopts a more sustainable approach to stormwater management. The study has investigated Swedish municipal officials’ experiences in stormwater planning and practice; focusing on pathways to overcome inertia to the uptake of more sustainable practices. The empirical material is based on two studies: an in-depth interview supplemented with an online questionnaire responded to by 227 from the 290 municipalities in Sweden. Increased knowledge about how to overcome change inertia has been developed by exploring aspects of urban stormwater management: the historical construction of the piped system; the urban stormwater planning process; the concept of sustainable development; a transition approach; ...
Overcoming inertia to sustainable stormwater management practice
In Sweden, there is a growing receptivity for change to more sustainable stormwater practices using green infrastructure approaches. Unlike piped drainage systems they can have multiple benefits in use including flood control, pollutant removal and can add to the quality of urban space supporting green infrastructure through irrigation and providing cooling and an additional water source for supply. However, the change towards non-piped systems is facing many challenges: the tradition of using piped systems; a dominant environmental-technical discourse; lack of legislative, public, political and organisational support and lack of contextual conditions, all of which complicate and hinder the integration of sustainable stormwater management into planning and practice. These challenges, amongst others, are discussed in this thesis which is based on a practical approach and a change perspective. In Sweden as in many other countries, the so far only modest progress towards sustainable stormwater management requires understanding and an explanation as to how better to integrate and implement sustainable stormwater management goals into planning and practice, accelerating the change process. The main research question concerns the possibilities for influencing a shift from traditional management using pipes to one which adopts a more sustainable approach to stormwater management. The study has investigated Swedish municipal officials’ experiences in stormwater planning and practice; focusing on pathways to overcome inertia to the uptake of more sustainable practices. The empirical material is based on two studies: an in-depth interview supplemented with an online questionnaire responded to by 227 from the 290 municipalities in Sweden. Increased knowledge about how to overcome change inertia has been developed by exploring aspects of urban stormwater management: the historical construction of the piped system; the urban stormwater planning process; the concept of sustainable development; a transition approach; ...
Overcoming inertia to sustainable stormwater management practice
Cettner, Annicka (Autor:in)
01.01.2012
Doctoral thesis / Luleå University of Technology 1 jan 1997 → …, 1402-1544
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
710
Toward sustainable stormwater management : overcoming barriers to green infrastructure
| DSpace@MIT | 2010
Sustainable Stormwater Management
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1995
Overcoming city planning inertia
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1927
Sustainable development and urban stormwater practice
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2014
Water and cities - overcoming inertia and achieving a sustainable future
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2007