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Joachim Schulze, Simon Gehrmann, Avikal Somvanshi and Annette Rudolph-Cleff
The summer of 2022 was one of the hottest and driest summers that Germany experienced in the 21st century. Water levels in rivers sank dramatically with many dams and reservoirs running dry; as a result, fields could not be irrigated sufficiently, and ev...
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Pritipadmaja, Rahul Dev Garg and Ashok K. Sharma
The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is a significant concern in today?s rapidly urbanising cities, with exacerbating heatwaves? impact, urban livelihood, and environmental well-being. This study aims to assess the cooling effect of blue-green spaces in Bh...
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Ulrik Ekman
This article addresses the issue of developing designs of resilient hydrological infrastructures for cities facing sea level rise in the Anthropocene. It undertakes short case studies of differently scaled cities, three in the Global North and three in t...
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Mariana Martínez-Castrejón, Enrique J. Flores-Munguía, Oscar Talavera-Mendoza, América L. Rodríguez-Herrera, Omar Solorza-Feria, Osbelia Alcaraz-Morales, Jazmin A. López-Díaz and Giovanni Hernández-Flores
Climate change, urbanization, and population growth, particularly in urban areas such as Acapulco, Mexico, put pressure on water availability, where although surrounded by water, the inhabitants lack enough good-quality water, especially in the rainy sea...
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Giles Thomson, Peter Newman, Dominique Hes, Jo Bennett, Mark Taylor and Ron Johnstone
The benefits of ecosystem services to cities are well documented; for example, water-sensitive urban design to mitigate stormwater flows and purify run-off, the cooling benefits provided by tree shade, and psychological benefits of urban greening. Cities...
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Elarbi Badidi, Zineb Mahrez and Essaid Sabir
Demographic growth in urban areas means that modern cities face challenges in ensuring a steady supply of water and electricity, smart transport, livable space, better health services, and citizens? safety. Advances in sensing, communication, and digital...
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Gustavo Bermejo-Martín and Carlos Rodríguez-Monroy
To advance to water sensitive cities (WSC) it will be necessary to achieve the commitment of the citizens, involving them in this transition. Citizen participation is considered essential, and one of the possible approaches to achieve this is through Des...
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Ana Paula Albuquerque Campos Costalonga Seraphim,Maria do Carmo de Lima Bezerra
A alteração do regime hidrológico é inerente ao processo de urbanização. Destaca-se nessa relação, como desafio imposto ao planejamento urbano, as áreas de recarga dos aquíferos devido sua sobreposição com as áreas urbanizadas e o papel estratégico desse...
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Amir Aloni and Asher Brenner
This study is part of a comprehensive research aimed at the development and application of the ?Water Sensitive Cities? idea in Israel. This is a sustainable concept, incorporating among others the harvesting, treatment, and reuse of storm-water. The use...
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Natalie Chong, Peter M. Bach, Régis Moilleron, Céline Bonhomme and José-Frédéric Deroubaix
Effort to narrow the gap between the production and use of scientific knowledge for environmental decision-making is gaining traction, yet in practice, supply and demand remains largely unbalanced. A qualitative study based on empirical analysis offers a...
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