Urban pluvial floods or rainfall-driven floods are often misrepresented as nuisance floods
and tend to receive limited attention. In India, recent urban pluvial floods have affected …

Background Policy makers need access to reliable data to monitor and evaluate the
progress of development outcomes and targets such as sustainable development outcomes …

During the last decades, the art and science of fuzzy logic have witnessed significant
developments and have found applications in many active areas, such as pattern …

Urbanization leads to the densification of built-up areas, and thereby increases surface heat
island intensity which is one of the growing concerns in the rapidly urbanizing cities. Another …

Sustainable river basin planning and management is a complex and uncertain phenomenon
involving social, economic, environmental and several technical criteria. Despite global …

Green infrastructure (GI) is increasingly popular in solving urban environmental challenges
and enhancing ecosystem services. Yet the research status and challenges of GI planning …

The consideration of urban ecosystem services becomes increasingly important when
planning compact cities. We implement a multi-objective optimization approach to support …

Floods are one of the most common and harmful natural disasters worldwide, especially in
cities, due to the high concentration of people and goods in these areas. This research aims …

Rapid population growth and urban sprawl have expanded built-up areas, affecting flood
patterns in cities. Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) have gained significant …

Future cities of the Global South will not only rapidly urbanise but will also get warmer from
climate change and urbanisation induced effects. It will trigger a multi-fold increase in …