Bridging the Form and Function Gap in Urban Green Space Design through Environmental Systems Modeling Irvine, K, Loc, HH, Sovann, C, Suwanarit, A, Likitswat, F, Jindal, R, Koottatep, T, Gaut, J, Chua, Lloyd, Qi, LW and De Wandeler, K 2021, Bridging the Form and Function Gap in Urban Green Space Design through Environmental Systems Modeling, The Journal of Water Management Modeling (JWMM), vol. 29, pp. 1-19, doi: 10.14796/JWMM.C476. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Bridging the Form and Function Gap in Urban Green Space Design through Environmental Systems Modeling Author(s) Irvine, K Loc, HH Sovann, C Suwanarit, A Likitswat, F Jindal, R Koottatep, T Gaut, J Chua, Lloyd orcid.org/0000-0003-2523-3735 Qi, LW De Wandeler, K Journal name The Journal of Water Management Modeling (JWMM) Volume number 29 Article ID C476 Start page 1 End page 19 Total pages 19 Publisher Computational Hydraulics International Place of publication Ontario, Canada Publication date 2021-10-08 ISSN 2292-6062 Keyword(s) BENEFITS BUKIT-TIMAH CITY ECOSYSTEM SERVICES HEAT-ISLAND LANDSCAPE Physical Sciences PUBLIC-HEALTH RAIN-FOREST Science & Technology STORMWATER MANAGEMENT VALUATION Water Resources Summary Using a case study approach from past projects in Singapore, Australia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, we examine the benefits, but also some of the challenges, to implementing green space in urban design. Green space can have multiple physical and psychological wellbeing benefits, as well as environmental benefits, including urban runoff quantity and quality management, urban heat island abatement, air quality improvement, and noise reduction. Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) can be an important element of green space design and here we explore how modeling of ecosystem services and dynamic modeling of WSUD can help to facilitate sound planning and management decision making in support of green space implementation. As we illustrate with examples for Australia, Singapore and Cambodia, we believe that application of an urban ecosystem services modeling approach can elucidate environmental benefits of urban green space that otherwise may not be considered. Engineers may include dynamic modeling of WSUD in support of an urban master plan, or urban redevelopment, but generally urban planners are less conversant in applying models. We discuss some of the challenges to integrating multidisciplinary visioning and modeling of green space design and performance evaluation through our experience with a stormwater and wastewater design study for Cha Am, Thailand, that included landscape architecture and engineering classes at Thammasat University, Mahidol University, and AIT. Through a case study of Phnom Penh, we illustrate how modeling and 3D visualization can be used to effectively explore the benefits of green space. We conclude that a user-friendly decision support system is needed to integrate modeling and visualization tools and thereby bridge the gap between form and function in urban green space design. Language eng DOI 10.14796/JWMM.C476 Field of Research 0502 Environmental Science and Management 0905 Civil Engineering 0907 Environmental Engineering HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30162474 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Engineering Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 14 Feb 2022, 13:03:29 EST Mon, 14 Feb 2022, 15:34:31 EST Mon, 14 Feb 2022, 15:51:09 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2022, 15:04:52 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2022, 16:14:53 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2022, 16:53:28 EST Fri, 08 Apr 2022, 14:37:01 EST Wed, 13 Apr 2022, 18:38:46 EST Thu, 14 Apr 2022, 14:51:44 EST Wed, 20 Apr 2022, 13:41:34 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 2 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 11 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 14 Feb 2022, 13:03:29 EST