Stormwater retention in urban environments

Session II: Sponge City – Stormwater retention in an urban environment

Venue: Hegyvidéki Mayor’s Office, basement meeting room – 1126 Budapest,
Böszörményi út 23-25.

13:00-13:10 Rózsa Zoltán, Office Manager Budapest Capital XII. District Hegyvidék
Municipality Green Office

• opening
• general description of the LIFE in Runoff – Urban Rain project

13:10-13:20 Orsolya Barsi, Head of Department Climate and
Environment Department of the Mayor’s Office

• Stormwater management in Budapest
• urban climate adaptation

13:20-13:30 Zsombor Tatai, BFVT Kft.

• a general introduction to the previous volumes of the Green Infrastructure booklets
• the need to renew the booklets
• Green Infrastructure booklets Description and importance of the Sponge City section

13:30-13:45 Béla Jancsó, Hungarian Chamber of Engineers – Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering Section

• permit process for stormwater management developments
• involvement of a hydraulic engineer in the design

13:45-14:30 Varga Laura, researcher BME

• climate change and its consequences
• Stormwater retention potential of Budapest
• changes to the rainfall data used for scaling

14:30-15:00 Questions and answers

15:00-15:30 Eszter Nagy, Gardenfutura

• the Stockholm Tree Planting Scheme and SFR-related rain gardens
• sizing, “landscape” approach to sizing principles, simple sizing issues