Sustainable Urban Water Management: The Role of Nature-Based Solutions, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2027 | Viewed by 2
Special Issue Editors
2. School of Advanced Engineering, UPES, Dehradun 248007, India
Interests: urban water management; resilient urban water systems; climate change mitigation; nature based solutions; sustainable and liveable cities; machine learning techniques
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Interests: watershed modeling; hydrology; urban water management; climate adaptation; AI-driven engineering solution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid urbanization, climate change, and increasing pressure on urban water systems are creating significant challenges for cities worldwide. Conventional grey infrastructure alone is often insufficient to effectively manage issues such as urban flooding, stormwater pollution, and declining urban ecosystem health. In recent years, nature-based solutions (NbS) have gained increasing attention as sustainable approaches that work with natural processes to enhance the resilience and performance of urban water systems.
This Special Issue builds upon the success of the first edition published in Water. The initial Special Issue attracted strong interest from the international research community and resulted in ten papers being published, with additional manuscripts currently under review. The strong response and diversity of contributions highlighted the growing importance of NbS in addressing complex urban water challenges. In light of this success, this second edition aims to continue and expand the discussion by providing a platform for further research and innovation in this rapidly evolving field.
This Special Issue welcomes original research articles, reviews, and case studies that explore the planning, design, modelling, implementation, and performance assessment of nature-based solutions for urban water management. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, green infrastructure, sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS), water-sensitive urban design (WSUD), sponge cities, urban wetlands, permeable pavements, and hybrid green–grey infrastructure solutions.
By bringing together interdisciplinary research and practical experiences from different regions, this Special Issue aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on sustainable, resilient, and climate-adaptive urban water management.
Dr. Nitin Muttil
Prof. Dr. Upaka Rathnayake
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable urban water management
- nature-based solutions
- floods and droughts
- water quality improvement
- climate resilience
- green infrastructure
- environmental sustainability
- coastal management
- liveable cities
- sustainable development goals (SDGs)
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