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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 192-212Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1258355
Keywords
Stormwater; Singapore; Hong Kong; skyrise greenery; life cycle costing
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- Programme on Doctoral Candidates Going Abroad to be Joint Trained grant of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China [324-112,110,056]
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This study compares stormwater management in two coastal cities: Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong adopted conventional urban stormwater management for flood control and embraced hard-engineering infrastructure in the scheme. In contrast, Singapore has put in place a series of holistic management practices to manage urban runoff. By comparing the stormwater management practices in these two cities, the differences in approaches to non-structural and structural practices were elucidated. Life cycle costing and environmental benefit analysis indicate that holistic urban stormwater management can lead to higher economic efficiency, sustainability and environmental friendliness, compared to conventional urban stormwater management.
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