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Harmonizing Urban Resilience: Exploring the Potential of Nature-Based Solutions in Mitigating Urban Flooding

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2024) | Viewed by 5995

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Dr. Mo Wang

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College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: green infrastructure; low impact development; landscape planning; stormwater management; nature-based solution
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Dr. Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram

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College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China
Interests: machine learning in hydrology; spatiotemporal data mining; remote sensing applications; streamflow and runoff prediction; climate change impact assessment
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Urban flood disasters caused by heavy rain or storm surges have resulted in severe losses of life and property worldwide, posing serious threats to social–economic development. Due to fast urbanization and global climate change, the magnitude, frequency, and intensity of urban flooding susceptibility is expected to continuously increase, and therefore, urban areas must increase their resilience and capacity to deal with urban floods. Nature-based solutions (NBS) are an effective way to mitigate urban flooding by using natural and artificial ecosystem services to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, including ecosystem-based approaches such as ecosystem-based adaptation, ecosystem-based disaster risk mitigation, natural infrastructure, green infrastructure, and nature-based climate change solutions. Therefore, contributions to this Special Issue are expected to include the use of NBS to mitigate urban flooding and the evaluation of their performance.

Dr. Mo Wang
Dr. Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban flooding
  • nature-based solutions
  • green infrastructure
  • sustainable cities
  • ecosystem services

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A Dynamic Game Model for Emergency Resource Managers and Compound Disasters Induced by Heavy Rainstorms
by Yi Wu, Xuezhi Tan, Haoyuan Mo, Xudong Li, Yin Zhang, Fang Yang, Lixiang Song, Yong He and Xiaohong Chen
Water 2024, 16(20), 2959; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16202959 - 17 Oct 2024
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Under the impact of global climate change and human activities, the occurrence of compound disasters such as cascading landslides and flash floods caused by heavy rainfall is increasing. In response to these compound disaster events, it is important to simultaneously transport emergency resources [...] Read more.
Under the impact of global climate change and human activities, the occurrence of compound disasters such as cascading landslides and flash floods caused by heavy rainfall is increasing. In response to these compound disaster events, it is important to simultaneously transport emergency resources from multiple emergency rescue points to the disaster sites to promptly control the cascading development of disasters and reduce the areas affected by the disasters and associated adverse impacts. This study proposes a dynamic game model for emergency resources dispatch to comprehensively consider the evolution of the compound disaster states and the timely dispatch of emergency resources from the rescue points to the disaster site. The dynamic game model is exemplarily applied to the emergency resource dispatch for a rainstorm-induced compound disaster that occurs in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). Starting with the analysis of the characteristics of emergency resource management and the attributes of a cascading of heavy rainstorms, landslides, and flash floods, the game model simulates the dynamic game process between the “disaster state” and the “emergency resource manager” in the rescue operations. A two-stage dynamic game model can support decision-making with the objectives of minimal time cost and sufficient resource dispatch for the disaster sites. Game results show that the united emergency resource dispatch in the three GBA metropolitan areas can efficiently respond to compound disasters that occur within the GBA metropolitan area. The dynamic game model could be extended for compound disaster emergency responses with more complicated compound effects and resource constraints. Full article
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A Systematic Review of the Vertical Green System for Balancing Ecology and Urbanity
by Jiayu Zhao, Qiuyi Rao, Chuanhao Sun, Rana Muhammad Adnan Ikram, Chengliang Fan, Jianjun Li, Mo Wang and Dongqing Zhang
Water 2024, 16(11), 1472; https://doi.org/10.3390/w16111472 - 22 May 2024
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Skyrise greenery, including green roofs and vertical gardens, has emerged as an indispensable tool for sustainable urban planning with multiple ecological and economic benefits. A bibliometric analysis was used to provide a systematic review of the functions associated with skyrise greenery in urban [...] Read more.
Skyrise greenery, including green roofs and vertical gardens, has emerged as an indispensable tool for sustainable urban planning with multiple ecological and economic benefits. A bibliometric analysis was used to provide a systematic review of the functions associated with skyrise greenery in urban landscapes. Key research tools, including the “Bibliometrix” R package and “CiteSpace” 6.2 R4, highlight the depth and breadth of the literature covering skyrise greenery. In 2000–2022, a total of 1474 original journal articles were retrieved. Over this period, there was an exponential increase in the number of publications, reflecting both enhanced knowledge and increasing concerns regarding climate change, the urban heat island, and urbanization. Of the total, ~58% of the articles originated from China, followed by the USA, Italy, Australia, and Canada. The research themes, such as urban heat islands, carbon sequestration, hydrology, and air quality, have been identified as the frontier in this fields. Furthermore, researchers from developed countries contributed the most publications to this domain, while developing countries, such as China, play an increasing role in the design and performance evaluation of vertical greenery. Key benefits identified in vertical green systems (e.g., green roofs and walls) include thermal regulation, sustainable water management, air-quality improvement, noise reduction, and biodiversity enhancement. In addition, several potential future research prospectives are highlighted. This review provides a comprehensive insight into exploring the pivotal role of skyrise greenery in shaping sustainable, resilient urban futures, coupled with sustainable urban planning. Full article
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