Sustainable urban water management in China through rainwater utilization — case study of Shenzhen municipality China
Urbanization, at the same time of bringing chances of economic development, technical innovation and social progress, is often with ecological costs. Modern urbanization in China brings growth but also concentration of population and industry that tends to incur ecological challenges specifically the water scarcity. Sustainable urban water management is necessary to coordinate sufficient water supply with urban development, and rainwater utilization has become a key component of such management modality. With the use of remote sensing and hydrological models, this paper sets up a model to evaluate rainwater utilization potential in Shenzhen, one of the largest Chinese metropolises. The study finds that 2/3 annual rainfall runoff in Shenzhen needs to be fully utilized, and this creates a great utilization potential. It is expected that the model would serve as a useful reference for sustainable water management of not only Shenzhen city, but also other cities with similar environmental and socioeconomic conditions.
rainwater utilization urban water resources SCS model
Bo PANG Ke LIU R.JAYAKUMAR Zongxue XU
College of Water Sciences,Beijing Normal University:Key Laboratory for Water and Sediment Sciences,M Natural Sciences Sector,UNESCO Office Beijing 100600,China College of Water Sciences,Beijing Normal University
国际会议
The Four Conference of Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources(亚太地区水文水资源协会第4届科学大会)
北京
英文
370-378
2008-11-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）