Urban Water Metabolism and Water-Energy-Pollution Nexus

Dear Colleagues,

Performance assessment of urban water systems is a challenging task that needs an overartching approach to model various flows and fluxes such as water, energy, materials and pollution throughout the whole system components. This usually requires a holistic view, such as a nexus approach or urban water metabolism to measure the impacts of the interactions between components. System performance can be measured through key performance indicators (KPI) of the sustainability framework usually in three main categories, i.e., economic, environmental and social aspects. This Special Issue shall include any conceptual approach or integrated modelling that can evaluate the sustainability and long-term performance of urban water systems. The performance assessment can be represented through one or more KPIs driven from the sustainability framework.

We invite research and review papers on, but not limited to, the following research areas:

• Conceptual methods or models of urban water systems;
• Performance assessment of sustainability in urban water systems;
• Assessment of the water–energy–pollution nexus in urban water systems;
• Performance assessment using an urban water metabolim approach;
• Integrated assessment of the urban water cycle;
• Analysis of business as usual and new intervention strategies over long-term simulation/
• Scenario-based analysis for climate change, population growth, aging infrastructure, urbanisation, etc. in urban water systems.

This volume will include research works from around the world that contribute to a better understanding of the nexus approach related to water, energy and pollution specifically in urban water systems, and any system approach for modelling water flows in urban water components using any integrated approach, such as urban water metabolism.

Dr. Kourosh Behzadian
Guest Editor

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