Operacija se izvaja v okviru Operativnega programa razvoja človeških virov za obdobje 2007-2013, razvojne prioritete 3 : »Razvoj človeških virov in
vseživljenjskega učenja«; prednostne usmeritve 3.3 »Kakovost, konkurenčnost in odzivnost visokega šolstva«.
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Figure 14: Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. To be used as a BGD open air laboratory
Operacija se izvaja v okviru Operativnega programa razvoja človeških virov za obdobje 2007-2013, razvojne prioritete 3 : »Razvoj človeških virov in
vseživljenjskega učenja«; prednostne usmeritve 3.3 »Kakovost, konkurenčnost in odzivnost visokega šolstva«.
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Conclusions
In addition to introducing innovative technology for the better planning of urban areas for
adaptation to climate change, the Blue Green Dream (BGD) project presented in this paper serves
as a platform for discussion of possible collaboration with and synergy of the BGD regional
centers and the national focal points.
We have to realise and highlight differences between the new development, and the
redevelopment / revitalization of already build-up areas. In both cases, the planning and
management process of blue-green infrastructure require different solutions and different
approach. However, both need to have a clear vision and measures in spatial planning procedures
to allow the plans to be put into practice. Ambitions and plans are too often removed from the
people living in the area of focus. Consequently, the solutions have not taken into account the
peoples’ needs. The overall objective should be to provide a better place for living. Urban planners
are well aware of the benefits dwellers in urban areas have from vegetation. For vegetation to
continue providing those benefits, it has to have a continuous water supply. Now is time to rethink
all those benefits and to incorporate them into urban planning. The main goals of the techniques
are improvement and management of urban ecosystem services including water quality, quantity
and quality of life.
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Acknowledgements
Blue Green Dream project (www.bgd.org.uk/) presented in this paper is primarily funded by the
EIT (European Institute for Innovation and Technology (http://eit.europa.eu/) through the Climate-
KIC program (
http://www.climate-kic.org/
).
The first author, Professor Čedo Maksimović, PhD (c.maksimovic@imperial.ac.uk), who
coordinates this project is Head of the Urban Water Research Group-UWRG (www3.imperial.
ac.uk/people/c.maksimovic) at the Department of Civil Engineering, Imperial College London.
Professor Maksimović would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Climate_KIC
program.
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Household centred approach to water management
Martin Regelsberger
AEE INTEC, Austria, m.regelsberger@aee.at
Abstract
Increasing water scarcity in some regions is a strong motivator for water demand management.
Generally limited resources, financial and natural, our high ecological footprint and changing
systems, from society to global climate, should encourage us to optimise water use even in regions
where we don’t yet feel an immediate pressure on the resource. The search for approaches and
tools optimising water use lead to the examination of developments in other disciplines and
sectors. It also suggested a systemic approach to urban water and the re-examination of urban
water systems was needed. One result of this exercise was to place the household at the centre of
all efforts, because it plays a key role as both consumer and producer of valuable resources, which
have to be managed appropriately at the household level to allow their further use, independently
of the overall system the household is part of.
Key words: Household-centred approach, Sustainable water systems, Systemic approach, Water
pinch, Water management
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Introduction
Presently whatever water is needed in settlements is normally brought from outside, sometimes
quite a long distance. It is treated to potable quality, distributed throughout the settlement in mains
and used for almost all imaginable uses, from drinking to sewer cleaning. After one use the water
is considered a waste, collected and carried away to a wastewater treatment plant, where a great
effort is made to bring it back to a quality which allows its release into the aquatic environment,
counting on the capacity of this environment to receive and neutralise a certain amount of harmful
substances. Rainwater, which directly falls on the settlement, is called stormwater and considered
at least a nuisance if not a hazard from the outset, collected and carried away to the nearest
possible point of the natural drainage system to be released there with an intermediary treatment in
some cases. Entire rivers crossing settlements have been canalised or directed into underground
pipelines and carried away.
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