Stormwater Drainage and Land Reclamation for Urban Development

Penerbit:UNCHS/HABITAT
Tahun Terbit:1991
Lokasi:Perpustakaan AMPL ( Digital Library on Human Settlements and Urbanizations )
Kategori:Laporan
This publication is intended to assist those who are professionally involved in urban land use and management. It seeks to promote the role of stormwater drainage in the production of urban land particularly for human settlements, but also for commerce and industry, through the stabilization or reclamation of land that is currently unsuitable for such use because it is subject to permanent, seasonal or freak flooding. Specifically the purposes of the report are:

(a) To create awareness amongst urban land use planners and municipal engineers in developing countries of the economic and social benefits of the provision of good urban stormwater drainage;

(b) To provide technical information on the design of urban stormwater systems and land reclamation techniques, so that currently unsuitable urban land that is low-lying and subject to inundation, or on hillsides subject to storm-induced landslides, may be converted into safe land that can be used for low-income human settlements or for industry and commerce.

Chapter I discusses current trends in urbanization and the effects these have on land prices and the consequent necessity for the urban poor to settle on marginal land that is subject to flooding. It also discusses the major health problems faced by those living in these settlements. Chapter II identifies the potential impacts of urban stormwater drainage and consequent land stabilization and reclamation - the implications for urban land-use planning, effects on health and the resulting socioeconomic benefits. Chapter III addresses the engineering factors involved in urban stormwater drainage and land reclamation and stabilization, with emphasis not only on appropriate planning and design (details of the latter are presented in the annex) but also, in chapter IV, on operation and maintenance which is all too frequently done inadequately so that the full potential benefits of urban drainage projects are not realised. Chapter V provides guidance for the appraisal of urban stormwater drainage projects and, finally, chapter VI identifies areas for further action and research.



Post Date : 22 Oktober 2007