Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management

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

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2025 | Viewed by 1271

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Key Laboratory of Urban Stormwater System and Water Environment, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing 100044, China
Interests: urban rainfall runoff; low impact development (LID); urban flooding forecasting; urban flooding control; urban non-point source pollution; combined sewer overflow pollution
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Dear Colleagues,

For this Special Issue, we are seeking the submission of papers on the topic of “Urban Drainage Systems and Stormwater Management”.

Extreme rainfall has occurred frequently in recent years, posing unprecedented challenges to urban drainage systems and stormwater management. Urban drainage systems not only need to meet daily demands for rainwater discharge, they also have to deal with the large amount of stormwater and surface runoff caused by extreme weather events. Stormwater management in cities is not only related to flood control and drainage safety, but also involves the protection of the urban ecological environment and the sustainable utilization of water resources. Effective urban drainage systems and stormwater management can reduce urban flooding, improve urban environmental quality, and promote sustainable urban development. There are many factors that affect urban drainage and stormwater management, including, but not limited to, drainage system layout, drainage facility design, rainwater collection and utilization technology, urban greening, soil infiltration, intelligent monitoring and real-time control technology, etc. Traditional drainage system designs often struggle to adapt to rapidly changing urban environments and climate conditions, making the advancement of urban drainage systems and stormwater management technology particularly important. The above research content is closely related to the topic of urban drainage systems and stormwater management.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: urban drainage systems; urban flooding; low-impact development (LID); sponge city; urban rainwater collection; and urban resilience. We also welcome contributions related to the application of intelligent technology to control urban flooding.

Prof. Dr. Yongwei Gong
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • urban drainage systems
  • urban flooding
  • low-impact development (LID)
  • sponge city
  • urban rainwater collection
  • urban resilience

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Stormwater Management in Urban Coastal Areas—A Review
by António Geraldes, Francisco Piqueiro, Cristina Santos and Cristina Matos
Water 2024, 16(19), 2717; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16192717 - 24 Sep 2024
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Stormwater management in coastal urban cities, where drainage networks are influenced by marine dynamics and specific soil and altimetry conditions, has specific challenges that need to be addressed to ensure adequate management in such areas, which are also heavily affected by floods. Their [...] Read more.
Stormwater management in coastal urban cities, where drainage networks are influenced by marine dynamics and specific soil and altimetry conditions, has specific challenges that need to be addressed to ensure adequate management in such areas, which are also heavily affected by floods. Their location downstream of drainage basins and the interaction of network outfalls with current and tidal variability increases the vulnerability of populations and should therefore be the target of specific studies. This article presents a literature review, where publications that focus on stormwater management in coastal urban areas were identified and analyzed. The main objective was to present the key issues related to drainage in coastal areas, the most relevant challenges, the solutions and strategies that reveal the greater potential for application and the challenges for modeling this type of case. It is intended to provide a grounded basis for new ways of optimizing stormwater drainage in coastal areas and promote a sustainable urban water cycle. This review reveals the necessity to implement a multidisciplinary approach to minimize three main issues: urban flooding, stormwater pollution and groundwater salinization, including the adaptation of existing infrastructures, complementing them with control solutions at source, correct urban planning and the involvement of populations. For an effective management of urban stormwater drainage in coastal areas, this approach must be carried out on a watershed scale, duly supported by reliable decision support tools and monitoring systems. Full article
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