Drainage Area Study of the City of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, and its Utilization for Urban Planning

Abstract

Drainage Area Study of the City of Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, was a large water management project defining concept of stormwater management in the region in accordance with the sustainability principles. The goal of the study was to link rules and criteria of sustainable stormwater management with urban planning. In the framework of the study a complex assessment of the current status of water management including the risk of flooding was performed, potential of the existing development to approach pre-urbanization runoff behavior was evaluated and conditions of the sustainable stormwater management in the planned development were specified.