Regional Flood Forecasting using SWMM for Urban Catchment

Urban flooding is the inundation of land or property in a designed atmosphere, significantly in additional densely inhabited areas, caused by precipitation overwhelming the capability of drain systems, like storm sewers. Due to expeditious increment and improper urban designing the probabilities of creek, localized or flash urban floods have drastically multiplied. This study explores the application of Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) to densely populated area of Vijayawada city, which is fragmented into 58 sub-catchments. The study area is delineated in SWMM by the assistance of blueprint AutoCAD maps showing drainage network and Reference Level details. From this elaborated elevation data of drain networks, the flow direction has been evaluated to create the descriptive view of the area in SWMM. In this study area 2016, 2017 and 2018 extreme rainfall events of 24 hrs interval is considered for runoff analysis. The focus of the current wok is to model runoff conditions by applying Dynamic wave equation for routing floods and Green-Ampt equation for infiltration in SWMM. The model outputs guided in visualizing the runoff from extreme precipitation events and to analyze the accuracy of the storm water network system.

Indian Smart City Ranking Model

In the last decade, sensible urbanization gains additional quality in international urban designing. The term “Smart City” is essential to mix multiple info and communication technology (ICT) to manage the town. Nowadays, additional individuals prefer to board associate geographic area for sensible living. Therefore, the researcher/urban planner is developing “Smart City” models supported essential dimensions, governance, economy, setting, people, mobility, and living — theses existing customary model and definition designed by that specialize in European and American cities. The necessity for Indian sub-continent “Smart City” model has arisen through an associate initiative taken by Indian prime minister in 2014 to develop one hundred sensible cities. So, paper, Indian “Smart City” model defines with new dimensions Demographics Profile, Economic Profile, Infrastructure Profile, e-Governance& Computerization, Finance, Environmental, Progress Track, and Security per sub-continent of India. The model has eight dimensions and eighty indicators for a city. The distance-based algorithm (DBA) is used to rank the Indian “Smart City.” This algorithm decides on the bases of multiple indicators of the Indian “Smart City.” The Indian “Smart City” ranking is measure as per the computed distance of optimum values of indicators.

Role of the Light and Urban Design in Adjusting the Scale of Urban Spaces

The article deals with the principles of the light and urbandesign, its main stages and regulatory action mechanisms. It is emphasized that with the help of the developed method of the light and urban designing it is possible to create comfortable urban spaces, which correspond to the person's scale and to be organically integrated into the macrostructure of the city.

Significance of management in valorization of old urban units based on Montenegrin example

This paper, through study case of Montenegro, deals with significance of sophisticated management in process of activation of old urban units and some architectural facilities for tourist purposes. Starting fact is that one of the most important segments of tourist offer is immobile cultural heritage, having the value manifested in few segments, emphasizing two most famous. The first one represents urban agglomerations, successfully transposed into tourist offer, while the other segment is vencular residential architecture of indeginous type, which can also contribute to tourist offer with appealing its contents. This work also gives the example of target potentials. Examples mentioned in this work proved as successful and profitable (in economic way). Also, some of examples in the work are opportunities missed because of serious devastation of architectural and urban designing heritage, as well as real chances certain localities have. Specific case analysis proved that management is not present enough and not educated enough - it is far below disposable potentials Montenegro possesses. This work also points, through implemented researches, the degree of personnel, who are in charge for promoting values of traditional architecture for tourist purposes. However, logical conclusion can be drawn that the conscience about quality of old urban entities and vernacular heritage is not developed enough. That initiates requirement for educating managers and forming of multidisciplinar teams so the knowledge could be used for proper valorization of potentials. Significance of proper and qualified personnel is specially emphasized when this topic is studied, because investors are not educated enough on this issue, so disposable means are used for some other things marked and recognised as proper and profitable investments.