Adaptation of urban drainage networks to climate change: A review

IM Kourtis, VA Tsihrintzis - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work reviews the main challenges regarding adaptation of urban drainage
networks to climate change by comparing 32 case studies from 29 articles, published …

Storm water management model: Performance review and gap analysis

M Niazi, C Nietch, M Maghrebi, N Jackson… - … of Sustainable Water …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
The storm water management model (SWMM) is a widely used tool for urban drainage
design and planning. Hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings have …

Cities, settlements and key infrastructure

D Dodman, B Hayward, M Pelling, V Castán Broto… - 2022 - cambridge.org
In all cities and urban areas, the risk faced by people and assets from hazards associated
with climate change has increased (high confidence1). Urban areas are now home to 4.2 …

Incorporating non-stationarity from climate change into rainfall frequency and intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves

KE Schlef, KE Kunkel, C Brown, Y Demissie… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves–sometimes also called precipitation
frequency estimates–are used to design urban drainage systems for stormwater control and …

Transitioning to sponge cities: Challenges and opportunities to address urban water problems in China

C Zevenbergen, D Fu, A Pathirana - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
At present, the Sponge City Concept (SCC) is gaining ground, Sponge Cities technologies
are becoming more and more accepted by Chinese city governments, and the first best …

The impact of COVID-19 fiscal spending on climate change adaptation and resilience

A Sadler, N Ranger, S Fankhauser, F Marotta… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Government expenditure and taxation have a significant influence on the long-term
adaptation and resilience of societies to climate and other environmental shocks …

Evaluation of climate change, urbanization, and low-impact development practices on urban flooding

TS Bibi, KG Kara - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract The Personal Computer Storm Water Management Model was used in this study to
evaluate the potential impacts of climate change, urbanization, and low-impact …

How does increasing impervious surfaces affect urban flooding in response to climate variability?

W Sohn, JH Kim, MH Li, RD Brown, FH Jaber - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Total impervious area (TIA) is one of the most common measures for predicting runoff yield
in hydrologic studies and regulating urbanization in land use policy. Directly connected …

The influence of climate on the effectiveness of low impact development: A systematic review

W Sohn, JH Kim, MH Li, R Brown - Journal of Environmental Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Low impact development (LID) has been increasingly practiced since its emergence in the
1990s. Although the hydrological benefits of LIDs have been extensively documented, the …

Update of intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves under climate change: a review

IM Kourtis, VA Tsihrintzis - Water Supply, 2022 - iwaponline.com
Land use and land cover changes, population growth, urban sprawl and climate change are
expected to augment the pressure on natural environment and on existing infrastructure. As …