Conventional and holistic urban stormwater management in coastal cities : a case study of the practice in Hong Kong and Singapore

• Main Authors: Wang, Mo, Zhang, Dong Qing, Adhityan, Appan, Ng, Wun Jern, Dong, Jian Wen, Tan, Soon Keat
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Stormwater; Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/141631
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study compares stormwater management in two coastal cities: Hong Kong and Singapore. Hong Kong adopted conventional urban stormwater management for flood control and embraced hard-engineering infrastructure in the scheme. In contrast, Singapore has put in place a series of holistic management p...