Infiltration capacity and microclimatic effects –

At the very latest, the heavy rain events that occurred at the end of the summer made it evident that an increasing number of the municipal sewerage systems was no longer able to drain the resulting...

In times of climate change and increasing frequency of heavy rain events, rainwater management plays a more and more significant role. The solution for a new housing estate in Berlin-Zehlendorf is a...

As early as in 2008, a residential quarter extending over an area of about 17 hectares was developed in Zazenhausen, a district of Stuttgart. Designers deliberately chose to complete the entire...

Nowadays, paved areas are found on almost every plot of land, ranging from slab pavements with relatively low permeability to “green” pavements that provide a particularly high permeability....

South Africa’s largest sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) and permeable paving project to date was completed in August 2013 at a new Cape Town shopping center, Blue Route Mall. Located in Tokai...