A Feasibility Study of Urban Green Space Design in the Form of Smart Arid Landscaping with Rainwater Harvesting

A Feasibility Study of Urban Green Space Design in the Form of Smart Arid Landscaping with Rainwater Harvesting | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Systematic Review A Feasibility Study of Urban Green Space Design in the Form of Smart Arid Landscaping with Rainwater Harvesting Kaveh Ostad Ali Askari This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5761887/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract This study proposes a method for designing a smart arid landscaping for urban green spaces, industrial and administrative units together with rainwater harvesting. Considering the zone with a suitable slope and two permeable and impermeable layers with a drainage network between them, runoff from rainfall can be harvested. To avoid installation of various drainages with no economic benefits, rhombus-shaped systems are created collect and carry the rainfall into the enterance of the drainages that transport water to the target reservoir. This method significantly increases the economic profitability, reduces water consumption, optimally uses harvested water and help maintaining water reservoirs. Environmental data, including daily rainfall, runoff from rainfall, evaporation and temperature of the soil, are monitored to assess the design. Results from this design indicate that runoff from rainfall and soil moisture increase up to twice and 5%, respectively. Another benefit is that soil heat and evaporation declining which leads to reduction of water consumption in target green spaces. Hydrology Rainwater Harvesting Moisture Evaporation Reduction Smart Arid Landscaping Impermeable Layer Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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