Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges

J Huang, Y Zhang, H Bing, J Peng, F Dong, J Gao… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Food production systems, urbanization, and other anthropogenic activities dramatically alter
natural hydrological and nutrient cycles, and are primarily responsible for water quality …

Performance synergism of pervious pavement on stormwater management and urban heat island mitigation: A review of its benefits, key parameters, and co-benefits …

J Wang, Q Meng, Y Zou, Q Qi, K Tan, M Santamouris… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Pervious pavement system (PPS) is a suitable alternative technique for mitigating urban
flooding and urban heat island (UHI) simultaneously. However, existing literature has …

Implementation of a specific urban water management-Sponge City

TT Nguyen, HH Ngo, W Guo, XC Wang, N Ren… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change, rapid urbanization and inappropriate urban planning policies in many
countries have resulted in urban water-related problems, such as flooding disasters, water …

Evaluating the association between morphological characteristics of urban land and pluvial floods using machine learning methods

J Lin, W Zhang, Y Wen, S Qiu - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
Spatial pattern of urban land plays a significant role in the occurrence of pluvial floods. While
landscape metrics have been widely used to reflect land use spatial patterns, the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the current status of flood modelling for urban flood risk management in the developing countries

UC Nkwunonwo, M Whitworth, B Baily - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
The prevalence of flooding events and the associated risk in the urban areas is an
increasingly important issue of global significance, although it is more critical for the …

Comparison of urbanization and climate change impacts on urban flood volumes: Importance of urban planning and drainage adaptation

Q Zhou, G Leng, J Su, Y Ren - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding the drivers behind urban floods is critical for reducing its devastating impacts
to human and society. This study investigates the impacts of recent urban development on …

Usage of urban green space and related feelings of deprivation during the COVID-19 lockdown: Lessons learned from an Italian case study

F Ugolini, L Massetti, D Pearlmutter, G Sanesi - Land use policy, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated perceptions and behavioral patterns related to urban green space
(UGS) in Italian cities, during the period of national lockdown imposed due to the outbreak of …

Sponge city strategy and application of pavement materials in sponge city

X Guan, J Wang, F Xiao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
To solve the frequent urban flood problems, China has put forward a novel city strategy-
Sponge City. It is a kind of water resource management strategy and method, which can …

Co-benefits approach: Opportunities for implementing sponge city and urban heat island mitigation

BJ He, J Zhu, DX Zhao, ZH Gou, JD Qi, J Wang - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change and its impacts cannot be addressed once for all due to internal complexity.
Some implemented strategies may only be capable of dealing with a cluster of problems …

Between flood and drought: How cities are facing water surplus and scarcity

J Dąbrowska, AEM Orellana, W Kilian, A Moryl… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Droughts and floods are weather-related hazards affecting cities in all climate zones and
causing human deaths and material losses on all inhabited continents. The aim of this article …