Bringing People Together With Water in Urban Space

Abstract

Sustainable drainage systems (SDS) are widely used to reduce the negative effects of the part of the precipitation that is not absorbed by the soil and to benefit from these waters. By directing these waters correctly, stagnant water habitats and water-themed recreational facilities can be created.

The most important effect of urbanization on surface waters formed after precipitation is changes in quantity and quality. The increase in watertight surfaces in parallel with urbanization and the inability to remove precipitation waters from these areas in a controlled manner lead to floods, soil erosion; Leakage, evaporation and reduction of groundwater formation. Non-ecological traditional drainage methods are used in order to quickly transport the surface waters, which are formed as a result of rain and snowfall in urban areas, from these areas. However, making these waters functional with more local solutions will provide much more ecological, economic and visual benefits, especially in mass housing areas that contain water.

In this study, it will be revealed how to create the water element that should be considered in mass housing areas with sustainable drainage systems, which is an ecological, completely natural treatment system that does not use chemicals, unlike traditional chlorinated pools.