The Urban Environment Impact of Climate Change Study and Proposal of the City Micro-Environment Improvement

Jozefína Pokrývková, Ľuboš Jurík, Lenka Lackóová, Klaudia Halászová, Richard Hanzlík and Mohammad Ebrahim Banihabib
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Jozefína Pokrývková: Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (WREE), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Ľuboš Jurík: Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (WREE), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Lenka Lackóová: Department of Landscape Planning and Land Consolidation (DLPLC), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Klaudia Halászová: Department of Landscape Planning and Land Consolidation (DLPLC), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Richard Hanzlík: Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (WREE), Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
Mohammad Ebrahim Banihabib: Department of Irrigation and Drainage, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Pakdasht 3391653755, Iran

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-15

Abstract: The water management of cities and villages faces many challenges. Aging infrastructure systems operate for many years after their theoretical lifetime (operation) with a very high need for reconstruction and repair. The solution is proper rainwater management. The investigated area is part of the cadastral area of the Nitra city. This article is based on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) as tools in proposing water retention measures that are needed to improve the microenvironment of the city. We proceeded in several steps, which consisted of area analysis, survey, surface runoff calculations in urbanized areas, proposal of a suitable solution for given location. For real possibilities of rainwater management procedures, a new site on the outskirts of the city was selected. In the given locality, it was possible to use water infiltration as a solution. The locality has suitable conditions of land ownership, pedological conditions, the slope of the area and also the interest of the inhabitants in the ecological solution. The outlined study indicates the need to continue research on the reliability of rainwater management practices.

Keywords: urban areas; climate change; water-sensitive modeling; stormwater management; blue-green infrastructure; city micro-environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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