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Ms. Ana Isabel Abellán García
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

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Focused Environmental Scientist with track record in improving water conservation, sustainable water management and sustainable drainage systems. PhD student at Polytechnic University of Madrid.

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Published: 29 June 2021 in Sustainability
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Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), or urban green infrastructure for stormwater control, emerged for more sustainable management of runoff in cities and provide other benefits such as urban mitigation and adaptation to climate change. Research in Spain began a little over twenty years ago, which was later than in other European countries, and it began in a heterogeneous way, both in the SUDS typology and spatially within the peninsular geography. The main objective of this work has been to know through bibliographic review the state of the art of scientific research of these systems and their relationship with the different types of climates in the country. These structures have a complex and sensitive dependence on the climate, which in the Iberian Peninsula is mostly type B and C (according to the Köppen classification). This means little water availability for the vegetation of some SUDS, which can affect the performance of the technique. To date, for this work, research has focused mainly on green roofs, their capabilities as a sustainable construction tool, and the performance of different plant species used in these systems in arid climates. The next technique with the most real cases analyzed is permeable pavements in temperate climates, proving to be effective in reducing flows and runoff volumes. Other specific investigations have focused on the economic feasibility of installing rainwater harvesting systems for the laundry and the hydraulic performance of retention systems located specifically in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula. On the contrary, few scientific articles have appeared that describe other SUDS with vegetation such as bioretention systems or green ditches, which are characteristic of sustainable cities, on which the weather can be a very limiting factor for their development.

ACS Style

Ana Abellán García; Noelia Cruz Pérez; Juan Santamarta. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in Spain: Analysis of the Research on SUDS Based on Climatology. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7258 .

AMA Style

Ana Abellán García, Noelia Cruz Pérez, Juan Santamarta. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in Spain: Analysis of the Research on SUDS Based on Climatology. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7258.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Ana Abellán García; Noelia Cruz Pérez; Juan Santamarta. 2021. "Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems in Spain: Analysis of the Research on SUDS Based on Climatology." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7258.