Urban Hydrology and Sustainable Drainage System

Dear Colleagues,

We are seeking papers on the topic of “Urban Hydrology and Sustainable Drainage System”. Urban sustainable drainage systems include a collection of stormwater management practices/systems that mimic natural rainfall-runoff processes in natural lands; the urban runoff drainage is in a healthy condition, both for runoff quantity and water quality. The combination of source control (e.g., low impact development, LID), pipe/channel drainage, and major drainage system for flood control is recommended for a sustainable city.

Urban hydrology is the application of hydrologic principles and knowledge to the planning and management of urban areas and their surroundings. It can be used to design, plan, evaluate, model various sustainable drainage practices and systems in urban areas.

For runoff quantity, excessive stormwater runoff may cause urban local floods in various situations. For example, the water level of receiving waterbody is too high that runoff can not drain to the waterbody smoothly. Timely urban flood forecasting is vital to urban flood controlling and emergent rescue. Therefore, models used for flood forecasting have to be as prompt and accurate as possible.

For water quality, controlling combined sewer overflow pollution is very important to urban water quality. The monitoring and modeling techniques need to be researched. This Special Issue invites the submission of original research papers or review papers covering the latest findings and progresses in this field. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: urban rainfall runoff; urbanization and water cycle; sustainable drainage system (SUDS); low-impact development (LID); soil percolation and bio-filtration; major drainage system; urban flood forecasting; urban flood controlling; urban non-point source pollution; combined sewer overflow pollution. Contributions related to controlling urban floods by applying intelligent techniques will also be highly welcomed. Original research papers or critical reviews are encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Yongwei Gong
Prof. Dr. Xing Fang
Guest Editors

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