Abstract
Urban flooding has become more serious and worldwide in recent years, especially in the big cities of developing countries. This study uses a multi-criteria analysis (MCA) approach to evaluate the applicability of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), a flood control measure, in the central part of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The output of the personal computer storm water management model along with interviews with 140 households was used to assess the efficacy and acceptability of four SUDS alternatives: rainwater harvesting, green roof, urban green space and pervious pavement. On technical performance, green roof was the best alternative, followed by pervious pavement, urban green space and rainwater harvesting. Results of the social survey, however, diverged largely from the results of the technical assessments. In particular, people generally prefer public SUDS such as urban green space and pervious pavements to household solutions. With respect to the MCA, we applied four different procedures: Borda count, pair-wise voting, range of value and analytic hierarchy process. Despite some differences, the integrated results from MCA largely agree that urban green space is the most favourable type of SUDS, followed by green roof, pervious pavement and rainwater harvesting.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Berndtsson JC (2010) Green roof performance towards management of runoff water quantity and quality: a review. Ecol Eng 36:351–360
Brenneisen S (2003). The benefits of biodiversity from greenroofs key design consequences. In: Conference proceedings. Greening rooftops for sustainable communities, 2003, Chicago, USA
Camp Dresser and McKee International (CDM) (1999) Feasibility study and preliminary design project for Nhieu Loc Thi Nghe Basin. Project final report
Eroksuz E, Rahman A (2010) Rainwater tanks in multi-unit buildings: a case study for three Australian cities. Resour Conserv Recycl 54:1449–1452
Fang CF (2008) Evaluating the thermal reduction effect of plant layers on rooftops. Energy Build 40:1048–1052
Fonseca CR, Hidalgo V, Díaz-Delgado C, Vilchis-Francés AY, Gallego I (2017) Design of optimal tank size for rainwater harvesting systems through use of a web application and geo-referenced rainfall patterns. J Clean Prod. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.01.057
Hitlunen V, Kagas J, Pykalainen J (2008) Voting methods in strategic forest planning—experiences from Metsahllitus. For Policy Econ 10:117–127
Ho LP (2008) Impacts of climate changes and urbanization on urban inundation in Ho Chi Minh City. In: 11th international conference on urban drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Ho HL, Das Gupta A, Duyen PM, Rajbhandary J (2014) Social aspects of the application of SUDS for the case of Nhieu Loc Thi Nghe basin, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. In: Conferences proceedings: international conference on green technology and sustainable development. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. ISBN: 978-604-73-2817-8
Ho HL, Babel MS, Sutat W, Irvine KN, Duyen PM (2015) Exploratory assessment of SUDS feasibility in Nhieu Loc Thi Nghe basin, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Br J Environ Clim Change 5:91–103
Hoyer J, Dickhaut W, Kronawitter L, Weber B (2011) Water sensitive urban design, principles and inspiration for sustainable storm water management in the city of the future. Manual. Integrated Project: Global Change and Ecosystems
Irvine JN, Chua LHC, Eikass HC (2014) The four national taps of Singapore: a holistic approach to water resources management from drainage to drinking water. J Water Manag Model C375:1–11
Kim RH, Lee S, Kim YM, Lee JH, Kim SK, Kim JG (2005) Pollutants in rainwater runoff in Korea: their impacts on rainwater utilization. Environ Technol 26:411–420
Mentens J, Raes D, Hermy M (2006) Greenroofs as a tool for solving the rainwater runoff problem in the urbanized 21st century. Landsc Urban Plan 77:217–226
Parkinson J, Mark O (2005) Urban stormwater management in developing countries. IWA Publishing, London. ISBN 9781843390572
Pataki DE, Carreiro MM, Cherrier J, Grulke NE, Jennings V, Pincetl S, Pouyat RV, Whitlow TH, Zipperer WC (2011) Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions. Front Ecol Environ 9:27–36
Philip R, Anton B, Van der Steen P (2011) SWITCH training kit: integrated urban water management in the city of the future. SWITCH project from http://www.switchurbanwater.eu
Pratt CJ, Newman AP, Bond PC (1999) Mineral oil degradation within a permeable pavement: long term observations. Water Sci Technol 39:109–130
Saaty TL (1977) A scaling method for priorities in hierarchical structures. J Math Psychol 15:57–68
Saaty TL (1980) The analytic hierarchy process. Mcgraw-Hill, New York
Scholes L, Revitt DM (eds) (2008) A design manual incorporating best practice guidelines for storm water management options and treatment under extreme conditions. Part A: review of design guidelines for storm water management in selected countries. SWITCH Project (WP2.1)
Suhr J (1999) The choosing by advantages decision making system. The Greenwood Publishing Group/Quorum Books, Westport
Tzoulas K, Korpela K, Venn S, Yli-Pelkonen V, Kazmierczak A, Niemela J, James P (2007) Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using Green Infrastructure: a literature Review. Landsc Urban Plan 81:167–178
VanWoert ND, Rowe DB, Andresen JA, Rugh CL, Fernandes RT, Xiao L (2005) Greenroofs stormwater retention: effects of roof surface, slope and media depth. J Environ Qual 34:1036–1044
Vijayaraghavan K (2016) Green roofs: a critical review on the role of components, benefits, limitations and trends. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 57:740–752. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.119
Wang JJ, Jing YY, Zhang CF, Zhao JH (2009) Review on multi-criteria analysis aid in sustainable energy decision making. Renew Sustain Energy Rev 13:2268–2278
Winston RJ, Dorsey JD, Hunt WF (2016) Quantifying volume reduction and peak flow mitigation for three bioretention cells in clay soils in northeast Ohio. Sci Total Environ 553:83–95. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.081
Wong NH, Chen Y, Ong CL, Sia A (2003) Investigation of thermal benefits of rooftop garden in the topical environment. Build Environ 38:261–270
Yakowitz DS, Lane L (1997) Targeting farms to improve water quality. Appl Math Comput 83:173–194
Yakowitz DS, Lane L, Szidarovszky F (1993) Multi-attribute decision making: dominance with respect to an importance order of the attributes. Appl Math Comput 54:167–181
Yang J, Yu Q, Gong P (2008) Quantifying air pollution removal by Greenroofs in Chicago. Atmos Environ 42:7266–7273
Acknowledgements
The authors thankfully acknowledge and appreciate the research sponsor—the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA). Special thanks go to Computational Hydraulics International, Canada, who generously granted the full licence of the PCSWMM software free of charge (through their university grants programme). Our gratitude also extends to all residents who had participated in the interviews and provided valuable inputs for this research. We are also grateful to the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Loc, H.H., Duyen, P.M., Ballatore, T.J. et al. Applicability of sustainable urban drainage systems: an evaluation by multi-criteria analysis. Environ Syst Decis 37, 332–343 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9639-4
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9639-4