Qiao, Xiu-Juan
(2019).
Urban sustainable stormwater management described from a governance perspective – challenges and interdependencies.
Diss. (sammanfattning/summary)
Alnarp :
Sveriges lantbruksuniv.,
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 1652-6880
; 2019:74
ISBN 978-91-7760-466-2
eISBN 978-91-7760-467-9
[Doctoral thesis]
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Abstract
Conventional stormwater management systems have been criticised as being unsustainable due to increased flood risks downstream and water quality degradation in the receiving water bodies. Use of green infrastructure to manage stormwater has long been suggested, but implementation is still mainly limited to pilot projects. Based on a systematic literature review and two qualitative case studies, governance challenges and their interdependencies influencing implementation of sustainable stormwater management (SSM) were examined.
In the literature review, nineteen governance challenges hindering SSM implementation from a global perspective were identified. Case study 1 examined governance factors influencing SSM implementation from a local perspective under two distinct governance structures, namely, hierarchical in China and non-hierarchical in Sweden. Governance factors found to influence SSM implementation were mapped into causal loop diagrams (CLD) to describe the governance factor interdependencies. Case study 2, investigating the Sponge Cities initiative in China, identified governance challenges influencing a national SSM policy being implemented locally. It was found that conventional grey infrastructure still plays a significant role in the Sponge Cities initiative due to lack of space, a general lack of knowledge of SSM and prioritization of quantifiable objectives within a short time-frame.
The thesis provides an overview of governance challenges and their interdependencies influencing SSM implementation, as well as a visual tool (SSM-CLDs) to help local authorities and non-governmental stakeholders understand the complexities of SSM from a governance perspective.
| Authors/Creators: | Qiao, Xiu-Juan | ||||||||
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| Title: | Urban sustainable stormwater management described from a governance perspective – challenges and interdependencies | ||||||||
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| Series Name/Journal: | Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae | ||||||||
| Year of publishing : | 2019 | ||||||||
| Number: | 2019:74 | ||||||||
| Number of Pages: | 75 | ||||||||
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| Place of Publication: | Alnarp | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | ||||||||
| ISBN for printed version: | 978-91-7760-466-2 | ||||||||
| ISBN for electronic version: | 978-91-7760-467-9 | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1652-6880 | ||||||||
| Language: | English | ||||||||
| Publication Type: | Doctoral thesis | ||||||||
| Article category: | Other scientific | ||||||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||||
| Agris subject categories.: | P Natural resources > P10 Water resources and management P Natural resources > P40 Meteorology and climatology | ||||||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Landscape Architecture (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 506 Political Science > Public Administration Studies | ||||||||
| Keywords: | sustainable stormwater management, governance, green infrastructure, policy arrangement model, system dynamics, causal loop diagrams, literature review, case study, Sponge City | ||||||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-102648 | ||||||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-102648 | ||||||||
| ID Code: | 16454 | ||||||||
| Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||||||
| Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101) | ||||||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||||
| Deposited On: | 20 Nov 2019 09:47 | ||||||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2019 13:37 |
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