Open AccessUrban rain water management-Results of questionnaire research in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Author(s) -
Aikaterini Basdeki,
Konstantinos Katsifarakis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/410/1/012015
Subject(s) - rainwater harvesting , sewerage , flood myth , nuisance , hazard , water supply , environmental hazard , environmental science , questionnaire , environmental planning , water resource management , geography , business , environmental engineering , ecology , social science , archaeology , sociology , biology
This paper presents results of a questionnaire research regarding public perception of flood damage or nuisance caused by rain, and attitude towards ecological rainwater management techniques. The questionnaires have been addressed mainly to residents of the central part of Thessaloniki, a major urban area of Greece. Results reveal that: a) ninety-one (91%) percent of the respondents acknowledged that there is serious problem caused even by medium rain events, b) most respondents (95%) are positive about the use of rain gardens and other ecological techniques, which mitigate the nuisance caused by inundation of streets and sidewalks during rain events and c) 76% of the respondents are not disposed to pay anything for new ecological rainwater management infrastructure to reduce the hazard, while 3% are disposed to pay 1€ more in their bills for the Thessaloniki Water Supply & Sewerage Co. S.A., 6% to pay 5€, 4% to pay 10€, and 10% to pay 20€ or more.