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Water-Sensitive and Sustainable Urban Development

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2024 | Viewed by 1223

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Shunwen Bai

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Guest Editor
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Interests: low-carbon urban water system transition; life cycle assessment; resilience thinking; environmental emerging technology; environmental management

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (UN, 2015) includes 17 goals. Goals 6 and 14 address water availability and quality. Rapid urbanization, combined with a growing demand for water resources, poses significant challenges to sustainable urban development. Water stress is a growing problem, according to the European Environment Agency and other relevant organizations around the world. Water-sensitive urban design (WSUD) is a holistic approach that integrates water management with urban planning, with the goal of improving water security and ecosystem health, and promoting sustainable development in cities.

Cities can mitigate the effects of climate change, reduce water pollution, and create resilient and livable environments by implementing water-sensitive strategies.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to investigate the concept of water-sensitive and sustainable urban development, with a focus on innovative practices, policies, and technologies that promote integrated water management in urban areas. Stormwater management, green infrastructure, water-efficient buildings, urban water reuse, community engagement, and governance water frameworks will all be covered in this issue. This issue aims to advance knowledge and provide insights into achieving water-sensitive and sustainable urban development around the world by showcasing successful case studies and cutting-edge research.

Dr. Shunwen Bai
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • water-sensitive urban design
  • sustainable development
  • urban planning
  • water management
  • climate change adaptation
  • stormwater management
  • green infrastructure
  • water-efficient buildings
  • urban water reuse
  • community engagement
  • governance frameworks

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Absorption and Utilization of Pollutants in Water: A Novel Model for Predicting the Carrying Capacity and Sustainability of Buildings
by Enyang Mei and Kunyang Yu
Water 2023, 15(17), 3152; https://doi.org/10.3390/w15173152 - 03 Sep 2023
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The combination of water management and urban planning can promote the sustainable development of cities, which can be achieved through buildings’ absorption and utilization of pollutants in water. Sulfate ions are one of the important pollutants in water, and concrete is an important [...] Read more.
The combination of water management and urban planning can promote the sustainable development of cities, which can be achieved through buildings’ absorption and utilization of pollutants in water. Sulfate ions are one of the important pollutants in water, and concrete is an important building material. The absorption of sulfate ions by concrete can change buildings’ bearing capacity and sustainability. Nevertheless, given the complex and heterogeneous nature of concrete and a series of chemical and physical reactions, there is currently no efficient and accurate method for predicting mechanical performance. This work presents a deep learning model for establishing the relationship between a water environment and concrete performance. The model is constructed using an experimental database consisting of 1328 records gathered from the literature. The utmost essential parameters influencing the compressive strength of concrete under a sulfate attack such as the water-to-binder ratio, the sulfate concentration and type, the admixture type and percentage, and the service age are contemplated as input factors in the modeling process. The results of using several loss functions all approach 0, and the error between the actual value and the predicted value is small. Moreover, the results also demonstrate that the method performed better for predicting the performance of concrete under water pollutant attacks compared to seven basic machine learning algorithms. The method can serve as a reference for the integration of urban building planning and water management. Full article
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