Green infrastructure for sustainable urban water management: Practices of five forerunner cities

L Liu, MB Jensen - Cities, 2018 - Elsevier
In the search for both immediate solutions and long-term transitions towards sustainability,
green infrastructures (GI) are increasingly linked to urban water management. In this study …

Multiscale watershed landscape infrastructure: Integrated system design for sponge city development

J Zhai, J Ren, M Xi, X Tang, Y Zhang - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional centralized drainage systems are not only expensive, but their mono-function
to discharge surface runoff also imposes a negative effect on the local environment while …

New paradigms in urban water management for conservation and sustainability

AG Capodaglio, P Ghilardi… - Water Practice and …, 2016 - iwaponline.com
In order to achieve a sustainable degree of water resources usage, new paradigms in
urbanized basins planning must be adopted. Worldwide urbanized areas total population …

Are sponge cities the solution to China's growing urban flooding problems?

G Fu, C Zhang, JW Hall, D Butler - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nature‐based solutions have been promoted as a sustainable solution for urban stormwater
management and they are currently adopted at an unprecedented speed and scale to build …

Integrated assessments of green infrastructure for flood mitigation to support robust decision-making for sponge city construction in an urbanized watershed

C Mei, J Liu, H Wang, Z Yang, X Ding… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Green Infrastructure (GI) has become increasingly important in urban stormwater
management because of the effects of climate change and urbanization. To mitigate severe …

A bibliometric analysis of the research on Sponge City: Current situation and future development direction

X Zha, P Luo, W Zhu, S Wang, J Lyu, M Zhou… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of urbanization, more and more cities are facing the risk of flood
disasters and the threat of water environment safety during the rainy season. Sponge City …

[HTML][HTML] The role of constructed wetlands as green infrastructure for sustainable urban water management

AI Stefanakis - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, it is better understood that the benefits of green infrastructure include a series of
ecosystem services, such as cooling, water storage and management, recreation and …

The challenges of water governance in Ho Chi Minh City

CJ van Leeuwen, NP Dan… - Integrated Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Population growth, urbanization, pollution, and climate change pose urgent water
challenges in cities. In this study, the sustainability of integrated water resources …

[HTML][HTML] Urban water security dashboard: Systems approach to characterizing the water security of cities

KCH Van Ginkel, AY Hoekstra, J Buurman… - Journal of water …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
Urban water security is a major concern in the context of urbanization and climate change.
Water security goes beyond having good infrastructure or good governance. Systems …

[HTML][HTML] The value of river valleys for restoring landscape features and the continuity of urban ecosystem functions–A review

D Bedla, W Halecki - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing awareness in cities all over the world that blue-green infrastructure (BGI)
can offer a wide range of ecosystem services that support a healthy urban environment …