Urban Water-Related Problems
This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Water Management".
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban areas are considered to be the most vulnerable to water-related problems, which involve a lack of or excess of water problems from quantity and quality perspectives. These specific phenomena include flash floods and inundation, droughts and water shortage, surface and ground water pollution, tsunami and storm surges, landslides and mudflows, degradation of fluvial and aquatic ecosystems, unsanitary conditions and epidemics, among others. In urban areas, water-related problems cause immense human losses and economic damage. Water-related problems frequently reoccur in urban areas, and are intricately linked with each other, and they pose major obstacles to the achievement of human security and sustainable socio-economic development of cities. Thus, it is crucial that they are scientifically and comprehensively discussed, so that they can be better understood, in order to fight against and mitigate these problems.
For this Special Issue, published in Water, we intend to provide a wide range of topics and a collective perspective on urban water-related problems.
Prof. Dr. Akira Kawamura
Prof. Dr. Kei Nakagawa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- localized downpour and urban stormwater
- urban floods
- early warning and information systems
- urban droughts and water shortage
- surface and ground water pollution
- tsunami and storm surges
- landslides and mudflows
- fluvial and aquatic ecosystem degradation
- urban water sustainability
- unsanitary conditions and epidemics
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Published Papers
Water - ISSN 2073-4441