Using Nature based Systems in solutions of drainage and sanitation for the sustainable development.

• Grant number: 25/01368-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: March 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Civil Engineering
• Principal Investigator: José Gilberto Dalfré Filho
• Grantee: Luiz Felipe de Araújo Figueirêdo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Civil, Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 21/11962-4 - CEUCI - Center for Studies on Knowledge and Innovation Urban Development: knowledge-based areas in urban fringes: guidelines for sustainable implementation with the support of information modeling, AP.CCD

Abstract

Innovation hubs and technology parks have been gaining importance as promoters of contact among universities, companies and research centers. The areas of these new hubs have begun to become more diversified, so that they are not only made up of universities, research centers and companies, but also include housing, businesses, social spaces, cultural spaces and leisure spaces. Among the technology parks studied by CEUCI is the International Hub for Sustainable Development (HIDS), which encompasses an area of 11.3 million m² in Campinas-SP. HIDS has a significant portion of environmental preservation areas, including ecological corridors, springs, streams and fragments of native forest, bringing to the site an important responsibility in terms of sustainability. To create a sustainable area, combating flooding caused by rainwater is necessary. The conventional systems currently adopted for drainage seek to quickly drain excess rainwater through pipes that divert the water from where it was collected. However, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) have been gaining ground in the scientific debate, which seek to integrate quantity and quality to offset the consequences of urbanization, resulting in a lower impact on the environment. Such systems typically use Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), which represent environmentally friendly methodologies to respond to societal problems. The objective of this research plan is to propose an optimized solution for the sustainable urban drainage system of HIDS, in addition to creating a simulation model that allows the replication of the methodology to other technology parks in the state of São Paulo. To this end, machine learning models will be used to optimize and implement NbS.