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The traditional way of approaching flood risk mitigation is heavily based on the so-called grey infrastructure (i.e., hard core engineering measures such as pipes, channels, underground storages, etc.) with the primary aim of conveying flood waters from urban areas as soon as it is possible. The notion of holistic design of multifunctional green infrastructure, which is as a central concept in this paper, is to enforce the framework in which a climate adaptive design of urban drainage infrastructure for flood risk mitigation requires a combination of grey and green measures to meet the stakeholder preferences. The present paper deals with a systematic, holistic approach for multifunctional design of green infrastructure. The multifunctionality of green infrastructure is realised through a multipurpose design of a detention facility in Ayutthaya UNESCO heritage site (Thailand). This was done by combining a state-of-the-art landscape and hydraulic engineering practice through 1D–2D hydrodynamic model simulation. The following objectives were used in the design work: flood risk mitigation, aesthetics, recreational use, touristic activities and economic benefits.
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This research was funded by the Asian Development Bank, under RETA 6498 Knowledge and Innovation Support for ADB’s Water Financing Program (RETA 6498). This work was also partially funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007–2013) under Grant agreement No. 603663 for the research project PEARL (Preparing for Extreme and Rare events in coastaL regions).
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Vojinovic, Z. et al. (2021). Towards Holistic and Multifunctional Design of Green and Blue Infrastructure for Climate Change Adaptation in Cultural Heritage Areas. In: Babel, M., Haarstrick, A., Ribbe, L., Shinde, V.R., Dichtl, N. (eds) Water Security in Asia. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54612-4_28
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