What is it about?
In Yinchuan, China, a new urban area is planned for 160,000 inhabitants, in the vicinity of the Yellow River and close to a valuable natural landscape. In this context, the stormwater system is an important component. The objectives for the planned stormwater system in Yinchuan New City were to reduce flood risk and introduce stormwater purification, to maintain or improve water quality in the existing water bodies. A Sustainable Urban Drainage System approach was proposed and applied, during configuration and design of the new town’s infrastructure. This proved both successful and cost effective.
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Why is it important?
The paper present a succesful introduction of Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) in China.
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Mr. Ramírez has the degree of Civil Engineer from the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile, and M.Sc. Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Ha has also a Postgraduate degree (Tekn. Lic) on Environmental Systems Analysis applied to Wastewater and Sewage Sludge Management. He has a long experience in the field of water and wastewater in Sweden, Latin America and Pacific Ocean Countries as well as other regions. Mr. Ramírez has been the Project Director of complex projects such as Water & Sanitation for 12 Cities in Honduras and the Storm Water Master Plan in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, and Deputy Team Leader in the project “Ghana Three Towns Water Supply & Sanitation” in Northern Ghana. Mr Ramírez has been involved with sustainability of water and sanitation systems through his research on Environmental Systems Analysis, and participation in projects where the sustainable city approach has been applied, such as Hammarby Sjöstad and Western Harbour, Sweden, as well as Yinchuan Eco-City and Jinan Garden City, China.
Mr. José Ignacio Ramírez
Sweco Environment
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This page is a summary of: Sustainable stormwater management in Yinchuan New Town, Water Practice & Technology, June 2016, IWA Publishing,
DOI: 10.2166/wpt.2016.051.
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