TY - JOUR
T1 - Sewage Irrigation Fields—From Relict Landscape to Blue-Green Urban Infrastructure
AU - Krzemińska, Alicja
AU - Zaręba, Anna
AU - Adynkiewicz-Piragas, Mariusz
AU - Modelska, Magdalena
AU - Grijalva, Francisco Javier
AU - Monreal, Rogelio
AU - Horst, Dan van der
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - In this study, we examined the fate and future of sewage irrigation fields; historic urban wetlands that served as sewer drainage before modern sewage treatment plants were built. Our aim in this study was to reappraise sewage irrigation fields in the urban fabric of modern cities and to analyse the possibility of re-integrating them into the ecosystem services system, as well as into green and blue infrastructure, providing leisure and recreational opportunities, stabilising the city’s biodiversity and microclimate, and increasing water retention in these areas. The research was based on the identification of the location of sewage irrigation fields in green and blue infrastructure systems, determination of the scale and extent of their connections to the urban fabric and an analysis of their multi-functionality including: ecological, climatic, hydrological, landscape, spatial, environmental, cultural and social, educational, and tourist and recreational functions.
AB - In this study, we examined the fate and future of sewage irrigation fields; historic urban wetlands that served as sewer drainage before modern sewage treatment plants were built. Our aim in this study was to reappraise sewage irrigation fields in the urban fabric of modern cities and to analyse the possibility of re-integrating them into the ecosystem services system, as well as into green and blue infrastructure, providing leisure and recreational opportunities, stabilising the city’s biodiversity and microclimate, and increasing water retention in these areas. The research was based on the identification of the location of sewage irrigation fields in green and blue infrastructure systems, determination of the scale and extent of their connections to the urban fabric and an analysis of their multi-functionality including: ecological, climatic, hydrological, landscape, spatial, environmental, cultural and social, educational, and tourist and recreational functions.
KW - green and blue infrastructure
KW - relict landscapes
KW - urban ecosystem services
KW - wetland restoration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85137589201&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/w14162505
DO - 10.3390/w14162505
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85137589201
SN - 2073-4441
VL - 14
JO - Water (Switzerland)
JF - Water (Switzerland)
IS - 16
M1 - 2505
ER -