Flood-adaptive green infrastructure planning for urban resilience

• Published in: Landscape and ecological engineering Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 427 - 437
• Main Authors: Lee, Hemin, Song, Kihwan, Kim, GoWoon, Chon, Jinhyung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.10.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Civil Engineering; Environmental Management; Flooding; Floods; Green infrastructure; Infrastructure; Landscape Ecology; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; landscapes; Life Sciences; Nature Conservation; Original Paper; Plant Ecology; Redundancy; Resilience; South Korea; Storm runoff; Stormwater; Stormwater management; Strategy; Sustainable design; Urban planning; South Korea; Urban flooding; Green design; Urban flood resilience; System dynamics; Flood adaptation; Stormwater runoff
• ISSN: 1860-1871; 1860-188X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11355-021-00458-7

Urban flooding in South Korea continues to affect the lives of people. In this study, we propose flood-adaptive green infrastructure planning to enhance urban flood resilience. Specifically, a strategy for responding to flooding was established based upon the “4Rs” in the concept of resilience: robustness, rapidity, redundancy, and resourcefulness. The effects of reduced stormwater runoff were then simulated for Gangnam-gu, Seoul, via the application of green infrastructure. Finally, a design matrix was established based on the flood-adaptive design strategy and simulation results. By presenting a resilience- and green infrastructure-based planning strategy, this study may be useful for urban flood resilience measurement and adaptation as well as sustainable urban design and planning.