Thesis supervisor(s)
: Taoufik Souami, Sabine Barles
With increasing urbanization and a sharp rise in soil sealing, flooding has tended to increase in recent years, causing significant material damage and sometimes human casualties. Based on this observation, in the late 1980s, an environmentalist approach, according to the Technical Service for Urban Planning (STU, Reconciling water and the city through stormwater management), called for "the search for systems to manage and control the water cycle in urban areas, and appropriate urban forms." This concept no longer presents stormwater management techniques as technical sanitation tools, but as multifunctional urban facilities that are fully integrated into the city.
In this context, the use of these alternative stormwater management techniques no longer concerns only network managers and sanitation services, but also green space, road, and sports services. However, these departments incorporate rainwater retention, storage, and infiltration structures into their facilities without having the skills to maintain and service these structures.
The aim of this thesis is therefore to understand the organizational challenges of using alternative stormwater drainage techniques in urban development projects.
Doctorate in Spatial Planning, Urban Planning
Year of thesis registration
: 2010
Doctoral school
: VTT – City, Transport and Territories