Green/Blue Infrastructure for Sustainable, Attractive Cities
Funding organisations: FFG - Austrian Research Promotion Agency
Project partners: Lulea University of Technology, Delft University of Technology
Project managers: Robert SITZENFREI Michael MAIR, Jonatan ZISCHG
Project duration: 07/2013 - 01/2017
Brief description:
The three-year international research project "Green/Blue Infrastructure for Sustainable, Attractive Cities" was carried out as part of the JPI Urban Europe on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology. The focus of this project was to analyse the entire urban water infrastructure and subsequently develop methods for creating a sustainable, safe and flexible infrastructure. The aim was to prevent flooding and droughts, promote the biodiversity of ecosystems and at the same time create attractive living space. The approach was to shift piped water, especially rainwater runoff, to the surface (green/blue infrastructure) in order to create a more robust, flexible and "beautiful" water infrastructure for the future of a city. Another aspect of the research was not only to plan a desired state of the infrastructure, but also to investigate how this can be achieved (change from centralised to decentralised drainage structures).
In addition to the University of Innsbruck, the Technical University of Lulea and the Technical University of Delft were also involved in this project. The project work was carried out on an international level with the help of an "Urban Living Lab" (Kiruna/Sweden), in which citizens, practitioners, decision-makers and researchers work together to develop innovative solutions. A similar approach was also pursued by the individual project partners at national level in the form of "city hubs" (Zwolle/Netherlands and Innsbruck/Austria).
other links:
- Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe
- Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
- www.nachhaltigwirschaften.at
Media:
Articles in scientific journals and conferences:
- 14th International CCWI Conference (Computing and Control for the Water Industry)
Info-Gap robustness Analysis and cost comparison of urban Drainage transitions using "gray" and "green" infrastructure. - Proceedings Aqua Urbanica 2016: Miss it or forget it!
From grey to green water infrastructure using Kiruna as a case study. - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015
Stochastic Performance Assessment and Optimization Strategies of the Water Supply Network Transition of Kiruna During City Relocation - 10th International Urban Drainage Modelling Conference - UDM2015
Relocating a city, challenges and opportunities for the transition of water infrastructure in Kiruna
Bachelor theses:
- "Concepts and possibilities for drainage systems in cold climatic conditions (Northern Sweden)" - Thomas Pramstaller
master theses:
- "Stochastic performance assessment and optimisation strategies of the water supply network transition of Kiruna during city relocation" - Jonatan ZISCHG
Events:
- Mini-Symposium on Green/Blue Cities, Obergurgl, 2015