IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/nathaz/v121y2025i2d10.1007_s11069-024-06868-8.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Simulating blue and green infrastructure tools via SWMM in order to prevent flood hazard in an urban area

Author

Listed:
  • Hande Gündel

    (İzmir Katip Çelebi University)

  • Ayşe Kalaycı Önaç

    (İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University)

Abstract

Flood risk has become the most important problem in urban areas. A pilot study was carried out in the Güzeltepe neighborhood of İzmir Province, located in the west of Turkey, which is an urban regeneration area with poor socio-economic status and insufficient infrastructure services. According to this study, the areas where water collects and the areas where the slope and elevation are low were determined and the rainwater infrastructure system was integrated into the area. Then, the “Low Impact Development” model, which is an effective method for preventing runoff and water pollution, was examined and applied throughout the area. In this context, 8 scenarios were determined according to the characteristics of the area through the mathematical method SWMM 5.2 program and it was determined how much flooding was prevented by which Low Impact Design (LID) tool. According to the study, the runoff rate is significantly high in the absence of LID systems. Without LID interventions, 70% of rainwater is converted to surface runoff. However, the implementation of various LID systems effectively reduces this rate: permeable surfaces decrease runoff by 13%, infiltration trenches by 30%, bio-retention cells by 29%, vegetative swales by 33%, green roofs by 19%, rain gardens by 30%, and rain barrels by 19%. The development of a method to prevent a risky disaster such as flooding by using blue and green infrastructure within the scope of adaptation to climate change in urban regeneration areas with inadequate infrastructure makes this study valuable. The study of integrating blue and green infrastructure systems into the regeneration strategies of unplanned areas in the city makes this study unique. For this reason, the study focuses on the application technique of blue and green infrastructure systems.

Suggested Citation

  • Hande Gündel & Ayşe Kalaycı Önaç, 2025. "Simulating blue and green infrastructure tools via SWMM in order to prevent flood hazard in an urban area," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 121(2), pages 1885-1909, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:121:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s11069-024-06868-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-024-06868-8
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11069-024-06868-8
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11069-024-06868-8?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Adams, Richard M. & Peck, Dannele E., 2008. "Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 23(01), pages 1-3.
    2. Mick Lennon & Mark Scott & Eoin O'Neill, 2014. "Urban Design and Adapting to Flood Risk: The Role of Green Infrastructure," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 745-758, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Marcin K. Widomski & Anna Musz-Pomorska, 2025. "Hydrologic Efficiency of Rain Gardens as Countermeasures to Overuse of Concrete in Historical Public Spaces," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-23, March.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wet Abuse & Laman Mammadzada, 2016. "Priority Areas for Climate Change Action at Global Level," International Conference on Competitiveness of Agro-food and Environmental Economy Proceedings, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, vol. 5, pages 260-265.
    2. Renato Monteiro & José C. Ferreira & Paula Antunes, 2020. "Green Infrastructure Planning Principles: An Integrated Literature Review," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-19, December.
    3. Tahia Tasnia & Anna Growe, 2025. "A Systematic Literature Review of Water-Sensitive Urban Design and Flood Risk Management in Contexts of Strategic Urban Sustainability Planning," Land, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-24, January.
    4. Vidya Anderson & William A. Gough, 2021. "Harnessing the Four Horsemen of Climate Change: A Framework for Deep Resilience, Decarbonization, and Planetary Health in Ontario, Canada," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-19, January.
    5. Yi Chen & Tao Liu & Ruishan Chen & Mengke Zhao, 2020. "Influence of the Built Environment on Community Flood Resilience: Evidence from Nanjing City, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-16, March.
    6. Elbakidze, Levan & Vinson, Hannah & Cobourn, Kelly & Taylor, R.Garth, 2018. "Efficient groundwater allocation and binding hydrologic externalities," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 147-161.
    7. Unknown, 2008. "The 30-Year Challenge: Agriculture's Strategic Role in Feeding and Fueling a Growing World," Issue Reports 45719, Farm Foundation.
    8. Eoin O’Neill & Michael Brennan & Finbarr Brereton & Harutyun Shahumyan, 2015. "Exploring a spatial statistical approach to quantify flood risk perception using cognitive maps," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 76(3), pages 1573-1601, April.
    9. Pappalardo, Viviana & La Rosa, Daniele & Campisano, Alberto & La Greca, Paolo, 2017. "The potential of green infrastructure application in urban runoff control for land use planning: A preliminary evaluation from a southern Italy case study," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 26(PB), pages 345-354.
    10. Kumar, D. Suresh & Palanisami, K., 2020. "Why should farmers invest in wells when irrigation tanks underperform? the evidence from South Indian tank commands," Agricultural Economics Research Review, Agricultural Economics Research Association (India), vol. 33(2), December.
    11. Ahmed Mustafa & Xiao Wei Zhang & Daniel G Aliaga & Martin Bruwier & Gen Nishida & Benjamin Dewals & Sébastian Erpicum & Pierre Archambeau & Michel Pirotton & Jacques Teller, 2020. "Procedural generation of flood-sensitive urban layouts," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 47(5), pages 889-911, June.
    12. Byungsun Yang & Dongkun Lee, 2021. "Urban Green Space Arrangement for an Optimal Landscape Planning Strategy for Runoff Reduction," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-12, August.
    13. Eoin O'Neill & Finbarr Brereton & Harutyun Shahumyan & J. Peter Clinch, 2016. "The Impact of Perceived Flood Exposure on Flood‐Risk Perception: The Role of Distance," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 36(11), pages 2158-2186, November.
    14. Herath Mudiyanselage Malhamige Sonali Dinesha Herath & Takeshi Fujino & Mudalige Don Hiranya Jayasanka Senavirathna, 2023. "A Review of Emerging Scientific Discussions on Green Infrastructure (GI)-Prospects towards Effective Use of Urban Flood Plains," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-21, January.
    15. Mattia Bertin & Eugenia Vincenti, 2024. "Eco-Zip: Climate-Proofing an International Logistic Hub," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(5), pages 1-20, March.
    16. Elisa Palazzo & Sisi Wang, 2022. "Landscape Design for Flood Adaptation from 20 Years of Constructed Ecologies in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-20, April.
    17. Seung Kyum Kim & Paul Joosse & Mia M. Bennett & Terry Gevelt, 2020. "Impacts of green infrastructure on flood risk perceptions in Hong Kong," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 162(4), pages 2277-2299, October.
    18. Onur Aksoy & Kamil Erken & Eren Dağra Sökmen, 2025. "Application of Sponge City strategies in flood susceptible areas; Hatay, Antakya example," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 121(4), pages 4781-4801, March.
    19. Nobre, Regina & Boulêtreau, Stéphanie & Colas, Fanny & Azemar, Frederic & Tudesque, Loïc & Parthuisot, Nathalie & Favriou, Pierre & Cucherousset, Julien, 2023. "Potential ecological impacts of floating photovoltaics on lake biodiversity and ecosystem functioning," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    20. Razia Sultana & Thomas Birtchnell & Nicholas Gill, 2022. "Grassroots Innovation for Urban Greening within a Governance Vacuum by Slum Dwellers in Dhaka," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-20, September.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:121:y:2025:i:2:d:10.1007_s11069-024-06868-8. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.