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Ashraf Abdelkarim and Ahmed F.D. Gaber
This study aims to assess the impact of flash floods in the Wadi Nu?man basin on urban areas, east of Mecca, which are subjected to frequent floods, during the period from 1988?2019. By producing and analyzing the maps of the regions, an integrated appro...
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Li Pan, Guoying Wu, Mingwu Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Zhongmei Wang and Zhiqiang Lai
The functionality of rivers and open diversion channels can be severely impacted when the epipelic algae group that grows on concrete inclined side walls, which are typical of urban rivers, joins the water flow. This study aims to increase the long-dista...
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Ashok K. Sharma, Peter Sanciolo, Amir Behroozi, Dimuth Navaratna and Shobha Muthukumaran
Integrated urban water management approaches (IUWM) are implemented to address challenges from increases in water demand as a result of population growth and the impact of climate change. IUWM aims to utilize all water resources (stormwater, wastewater, ...
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Christos Mattas, Dimitris Karpouzos, Pantazis Georgiou and Theodoros Tsapanos
Dams are expensive technical constructions that ensure food production, sustain farmers? income, and cover a large percentage of urban water supply demands. However, the threat of a dam break flood, which can be extremely dangerous for the local society,...
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Tim Wolters, Ian McNamara, Björn Tetzlaff and Frank Wendland
The input of nutrients into surface waters and groundwater is directly linked to runoff components. Due to the different physicochemical behaviour of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, the individual runoff components have different significance as input...
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Christos Iliadis, Panagiota Galiatsatou, Vassilis Glenis, Panagiotis Prinos and Chris Kilsby
The expansion of urban areas and the increasing frequency and magnitude of intense rainfall events are anticipated to contribute to the widespread escalation of urban flood risk across the globe. To effectively mitigate future flood risks, it is crucial ...
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Paul Kiprotich, Xianhu Wei, Zongke Zhang, Thomas Ngigi, Fengting Qiu and Liuhao Wang
The Anthropocene period is characterised by a general demographic shift from rural communities to urban centres that transform the predominantly wild global landscape into mostly cultivated land and cities. In addition to climate change, there are increa...
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Keyu Bao, Rushikesh Padsala, Daniela Thrän and Bastian Schröter
Humans? activities in urban areas put a strain on local water resources. This paper introduces a method to accurately simulate the stress urban water demand in Germany puts on local resources on a single-building level, and scalable to regional levels wi...
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Samain Sabrin, Maryam Karimi and Rouzbeh Nazari
Extreme heat events at urban centers in combination with air pollution pose a serious risk to human health. Among these are financially distressed cities and neighborhoods that are facing enormous challenges without the scientific and technical capacity ...
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Louis Waldeck, Quintin van Heerden, Jenny Holloway
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Confronted by poverty, income disparities and mounting demands for basic services such as clean water, sanitation and health care, urban planners in developing countries like South Africa, face daunting challenges. This paper explores the role of Integra...
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