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Automating Keyline Planning for Urban Landscapes: A Computational Workflow for Water-Sensitive Design

Climate change intensifies urban water challenges. Although water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) offers adaptive solutions, its implementation remains fragmented at catchment scale. This study addresses the lack of catchment-scale planning by automating P. A. Yeomans' agricultural keyline planning logic into a digital terrain analysis workflow. Using the SAGA geomorphon landform classification algorithm in QGIS, the methodology was tested on the Sandy Creek sub-catchment (3.2 km²) in Brisbane, Australia, with parameters optimised at a 1000m radial limit and 0.5° threshold angle. Analysis identified 1362 hollow zones, 75 of which exceeded the 500 m² significance threshold. Landuse analysis showed that 36% of these key points were on council land and 41% were within residential parcels. Validation against five historical reservoir locations confirmed spatial alignment within 100 m of all sites. This open-source workflow provides a data-driven framework for catchment-scale stormwater management that overcomes WSUD fragmentation using terrain-informed hydrological logic.

Autor / Author: Özgün, Kaan
Institution / Institution: Özyegin University, Istanbul/Türkiye
Seitenzahl / Pages: 10
Sprache / Language: Englisch
Veröffentlichung / Publication: JoDLA – Journal of Digital Landscape Architecture, 11-2026
Tagung / Conference: Digital Landscape Architecture 2026 – Cutting Edge
Veranstaltungsort, -datum / Venue, Date: University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland 28-05-26 - 29-05-26
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Keywords (en): Keyline planning, geomorphon classification, water sensitive urban design, digital terrain analysis, catchment-scale planning
Paper review type: Full Paper Review
DOI: doi:10.14627/537770054
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