A study on rainwater collection in built environment

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2024-1-25

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Albayrak, Dilara

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In the face of climate change and a growing global population, the decreasing availability of water highlights the urgency of effective water management. With the negative consequences in urban areas where rainwater cannot reach the ground due to the effect of concretion in the built environment, efforts to obtain, protect, and use water have become increasingly vital. Within the scope of this study, it is aimed first to classify roof types in the built environment and then conduct comprehensive research on how to increase the potential amount of rainwater that can be collected from different roof types at the building scale. After urban-scale analysis, a decision support mechanism was developed by recommending different roof types and heights to improve the rain collection capacity of any building from its roof surface. Although this study focuses on collecting rainwater, it is also possible to use the developed method in solving different problems related to determining the effective surface area.

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Roof detection, Roof typologies, Rainwater harvesting, Built environment

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/108464

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis