Godecke-Tobias Blecken
Professor
Research subject: Urban Water Engineering
Division: Architecture and Water
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
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Luleå, T3024
Research
Godecke Blecken’s main research focus is on urban stormwater management. Godecke has done comprehensive work on the function and development of blue green infrastrutcutre (BGI) such as stormwater bioretention, permeable pavements, infiltration systems, ponds, constructed wetlands, green roofs and prefabricated compact stormwater treatment devices.
Further, works with stormwater quality and the impact of stormwater discharges on receiving water bodies.
An important part of Godecke’s research deals with the investigation of the function of stormwater control measures in demanding climates and their adaptation to these. Another main research topic is related to the long-term function of stormwater control measures and their maintenance needs. There is a clear risk that existing measures do not perform sufficiently e.g. due to a lack of maintenance. Current projects deal further with treatment of pollutants of emerging concern and with the function of stormwater management on catchment scale. Further, Godecke works with evaluating ecosystem services, sustainability analyses and the public perception of blue green infrastructure.
Background
MSc, University of Rostock, Landscape management & use and environmental protection, 2004
PhD, Luleå University of Technology, Urban Water Engineering, Biofiltration technologies for stormwater quality treatment, 2010
Research projects
- ISWIM - Innovative stormwater impact mitigation (2023-2028) External link.
- NBS pRECision cONdition Assessment (NBS-RECON)(2024-2025) External link.
- Microplastics accumulated in swales, 2023 External link.
- Roadside soils for stormwater treatment (2024-2027)
- StormCompetence – Strengthening researchers’ competencies on stormwater management (2023-2025) External link.
- BlueGreen Infrastructure for a Sustainable Climate Adaptation of the Future City (2021-2025) External link.
- SODA - Collaboration for sustainable stormwater management on neighbourhood level (2021-2025) External link.
- Stormwater treatment in densely built cities - an overlooked challenge (2021-2023) External link.
- Developing a standard for stormwater treatment devices (2024-2025)
- Bioretention: from copy‐pasted standard solutions to sophisticated design (2016-2022) External link.
- Stormwater runoff from railway infrastructure – pollutant management (2021-2022) External link.
- Nutrients in stormwater, 2023 External link.
- Effect based methods for characterising stormwater (2024-2025)
- Occurence of stormwater pollutants in receiving water bodies (2021-2023) External link.
- Using eDNA to evaluate the impact of wet weather flows on the ecology of urban streams (2024-2025)
- Opportunities of integrated systems for sustainable groundwater and stormwater management(2021-2024) External link.
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