Urban Hydrology and Hydroclimate Resilience for Climate Change Adaptation
A special issue of Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydro-environmental systems; resilient urban built environments; urban resilience and multi-hazard risk reduction; flood modelling and risk management in underground space; intelligent hydro-informatic systems for sustainable cities and society
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Interests: modeling of flow and transport processes in surface waters; modeling of flow and transport processes in subsurface systems; model development and hydro-informatics
Interests: hydrodynamics and hydro-environment; water engineering; flood risk management; sediment transport
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global warming, exacerbated by rapid urbanization, is driving an upward trend in extreme weather. Urban hydrological systems are undergoing unprecedented stress due to the dual pressures of climate change and rapid urbanization. The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme precipitation events have exposed vulnerabilities in aging urban drainage infrastructures, leading to more frequent surface flooding, combined sewer overflows, and critical disruptions to underground facilities. Advances in hydrological and hydraulic modelling, including physically based distributed models, data-driven methods, and hybrid approaches, have become indispensable tools for understanding and predicting urban flood dynamics under future climate scenarios. Coupled with real-time monitoring, GIS-based spatial analysis, and scenario-based simulations, these models provide critical insights into system performance and potential adaptation pathways. By focusing on interdisciplinary and computationally advanced methodologies, this Special Issue seeks to support the development of resilient and adaptive urban water systems aligned with sustainable development and climate resilience objectives.
The goal of this Special Issue is to present papers (original research articles and review papers) that give comprehensive insights into urban hydro-system modelling and urban resilience, exploring how cities and communities respond to climate change, and how these responses align with the Sustainable Development Goals.
This Special Issue will welcome manuscripts that link the following themes:
- Modelling of urban flood processes;
- Climate adaptation in urban water systems;
- Risk mapping and early warning systems;
- Urban resilience quantification and optimization;
- Systems-based approaches to multi-hazard risk reduction;
- Real-time flood modelling and risk management;
- AI-based hydroinformatics modelling;
- Adaptive resilience of infrastructure for climate change adaptation.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Qijie Li
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hinkelmann
Prof. Dr. Dongfang Liang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban hydrology
- urban resilience
- climate change adaption
- hydrological and hydrodynamic modelling
- risk assessment
- multi-hazard risk reduction
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