The Details
Learners will delve into how construction design impacts water flow dynamics and local hydrology. This exploration will span various scales, from a single house to the street level, revealing fascinating, intricate, water movement patterns.
Learners will be introduced to the principles of how individual urban developments can affect local water flow dynamics, as well as catchment-wide implications for flow patterns and flood risk. Learners will understand and appreciate how upstream developments can impact downstream areas and how urban landscapes shape catchment flow patterns.
The sandbox will feature a 3D-printed landscape, such as a local watershed or local water catchment such as the Tawe river valley, where users can interact with various elements. They can straighten river segments, add or remove woodlands, and introduce urban areas to observe the modelled outcomes of water flow, providing a dynamic and educational experience.
This session is led by Alisdair Cunningham, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Construction & Environment.
Learning objectives
The module will introduce and explain the concepts of hydrology, catchment dynamics, and urban drainage. It will introduce the concepts of catchment-wide design, in which developments take into account the combined impact on the catchment hydrology and its influence on flood risk and pollution.
About Alisdair
As a remote sensing scientist, Alisdair specialises in the extraction of information from earth observation sensors for applications in real-world issues which require timely information for resource monitoring. With several years in academia and eight years in industry as a specialist environmental consultant, Alisdair has gained invaluable industrial experience, predominantly applying multi-temporal, multi-spectral data to various fields (forestry, agriculture, water quality, and infrastructure projects). Alisdair can also incorporate other data sources as required, including SAR-derived products, and lidar products.
He is a Senior Lecturer within the Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change course at the University of Wales Trinity St David in Swansea with a particular interest in establishing links with current state of the art techniques and academic practices with prior industry experience.
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