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Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities (2024)
Book Chapter
O’Donnell, E., Dolman, N., Everett, G., Kapetas, L., Ncube, S., & Thorne, C. (2024). Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities. In J. Lamond, D. Proverbs, & N. Bhattacharya Mis (Eds.), Research Handbook on Flood Risk Management (97-111). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102981.00015

Blue-Green Cities manage flood risk by recreating more naturally oriented water cycles in urban areas through the restoration of natural drainage channels, reduction in impervious surfaces and implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI - for ex... Read More about Managing flood risk in Blue-Green Cities.

Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems (2023)
Journal Article
Snelling, A. M., Lamond, J., Everett, G., O’Donnell, E. C., Ahilan, S., & Thorne, C. (2023). Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems. Urban Water Journal, 21(2), 181-189 . https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062x.2023.2281310

The UK’s abundant municipal water supply has resulted in slow progress with the uptake of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems within the home. Research has indicated that exploring public preferences for domestic RWH are necessary for increasing deman... Read More about Public perceptions of rainwater harvesting (RWH): comparing users and non-users of RWH systems.

Developing a “Sponge Catchment Management Plan (SCMP)” framework at the catchment scale: The case of Guiyang, SW China (2023)
Journal Article
Qi, Y., Chan, F. K. S., Feng, M., Griffiths, J., Hutchins, M., O'Donnell, E., …Li, X. (2023). Developing a “Sponge Catchment Management Plan (SCMP)” framework at the catchment scale: The case of Guiyang, SW China. River, 2(1), 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1002/rvr2.33

Catchment floods are more challenging due to intensive urbanization and climate change. Enlightened by the Low Impact Development (LID), China initiated the Sponge City Program (SCP) to transform Urban Flood Management (UFM) to be more environmentall... Read More about Developing a “Sponge Catchment Management Plan (SCMP)” framework at the catchment scale: The case of Guiyang, SW China.

Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue‐Green vision (2022)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E. C., Snelling, A. M., & Lamond, J. E. (2022). Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue‐Green vision. Journal of Flood Risk Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12868

The Learning and Action Alliance (LAA) framework is increasingly valued as an approach to facilitate social learning and action by enabling collaboration within and between organisations, breaking down barriers to information sharing and facilitating... Read More about Understanding influence and action in Learning and Action Alliances: Experience from the Newcastle Blue‐Green vision.

Sponge City Program (SCP) and Urban Flood Management (UFM)—The Case of Guiyang, SW China (2021)
Journal Article
Qi, Y., Shun Chan, F. K., Griffiths, J., Feng, M., Sang, Y., O’Donnell, E., …Zhong, M. (2021). Sponge City Program (SCP) and Urban Flood Management (UFM)—The Case of Guiyang, SW China. Water, 13(19), Article 2784. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13192784

Flood management is a complex issue in Chinese cities that exhibit high populations and have undergone rapid urbanization. Urban flood management (UFM) approaches can be used to mitigate urban flood risk. To address urban issues of poor water quality... Read More about Sponge City Program (SCP) and Urban Flood Management (UFM)—The Case of Guiyang, SW China.

Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management? (2021)
Journal Article
Green, D., O'Donnell, E., Johnson, M., Slater, L., Thorne, C., Zheng, S., …Boothroyd, R. J. (2021). Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 8(6), Article e1560. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1560

Urban flooding is a key global challenge which is expected to become exacerbated under global change due to more intense rainfall and flashier runoff regimes over increasingly urban landscapes. Consequently, many cities are rethinking their approach... Read More about Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management?.

Correction: Yunfei, Q., et al. Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions. Water 2020, 12, 2788 (2021)
Journal Article
Qi, Y., Chan, F., Thorne, C., O’Donnell, E., Quagliolo, C., Comino, E., Pezzoli, A., Li, L., Griffiths, J., Sang, Y., & Feng, M. (2021). Correction: Yunfei, Q., et al. Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions. Water 2020, 12, 2788. Water, 13(7), Article 900. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13070900

International perceptions of urban blue-green infrastructure: A comparison across four cities (2021)
Journal Article
O’Donnell, E. C., Netusil, N. R., Chan, F. K. S., Dolman, N. J., & Gosling, S. N. (2021). International perceptions of urban blue-green infrastructure: A comparison across four cities. Water, 13(4), Article 544. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13040544

© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Blue-Green infrastructure (BGI) is recognised internationally as an approach for managing urban water challenges while enhancing society and the environment through the provision of multiple c... Read More about International perceptions of urban blue-green infrastructure: A comparison across four cities.

Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions (2020)
Journal Article
Qi, Y., Chan, F. K. S., Thorne, C., O’Donnell, E., Quagliolo, C., Comino, E., …Feng, M. (2020). Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions. Water, 12(10), Article 2788. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12102788

Urban flooding has become a serious issue in most Chinese cities due to rapid urbanization and extreme weather, as evidenced by severe events in Beijing (2012), Ningbo (2013), Guangzhou (2015), Wuhan (2016), Shenzhen (2019), and Chongqing (2020). The... Read More about Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions.

Using Learning and Action Alliances to build capacity for local flood risk management (2020)
Journal Article
Maskrey, S., Vilcan, T., O’Donnell, E., & Lamond, J. (2020). Using Learning and Action Alliances to build capacity for local flood risk management. Environmental Science and Policy, 107, 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.02.012

Learning and Action Alliances (LAAs) are becoming an increasingly popular method for overcoming the challenges associated with participatory forms of governance, where decision making requires collaboration between stakeholders. In flood risk managem... Read More about Using Learning and Action Alliances to build capacity for local flood risk management.

Drivers of future urban flood risk (2020)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E. C., & Thorne, C. R. (2020). Drivers of future urban flood risk. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378(2168), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0216

Managing urban flood risk is a key global challenge of the 21st Century. Drivers of future UK flood risk were identified and assessed by the Flood Foresight project in 2002-04 and 2008; envisaging flood risk during the 2050s and 2080s under a range o... Read More about Drivers of future urban flood risk.

Developing the implicit association test to uncover hidden preferences for sustainable drainage systems (2020)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E., Maskrey, S., Everett, G., & Lamond, J. (2020). Developing the implicit association test to uncover hidden preferences for sustainable drainage systems. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378(2168), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0207

Understanding public perceptions of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) is critical for addressing barriers to their implementation. Perceptions are typically evaluated using explicit measures (e.g. questionnaires) that are subject to biases and may... Read More about Developing the implicit association test to uncover hidden preferences for sustainable drainage systems.

The Blue-Green Path to Urban Flood Resilience (2019)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E., Thorne, C., Ahilan, S., Arthur, S., Birkinshaw, S., Butler, D., …Wright, N. (2019). The Blue-Green Path to Urban Flood Resilience. Blue-Green Systems, 1(1), 172-189. https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2019.199

Achieving urban flood resilience at local, regional and national levels requires a transformative change in planning, design and implementation of urban water systems. Flood risk, wastewater and stormwater management should be re-envisaged and transf... Read More about The Blue-Green Path to Urban Flood Resilience.

Aligning ancient and modern approaches to sustainable urban water management in China: Ningbo as a ‘Blue-Green City’ in the ‘Sponge City’ Campaign (2018)
Journal Article
Tang, Y.-T., Chan, F. K. S., O'Donnell, E. C., Griffiths, J., Lau, L., Higgitt, D., & Thorne, C. R. (2018). Aligning ancient and modern approaches to sustainable urban water management in China: Ningbo as a ‘Blue-Green City’ in the ‘Sponge City’ Campaign. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 11(4), Article e12451. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12451

Modern urban flood and water management emphasises holistic strategies that reduce flood risk while providing co- benefits to urban economies, societies and environments. The ‘Blue‐Green City’ concept provides a viable framework for putting this into... Read More about Aligning ancient and modern approaches to sustainable urban water management in China: Ningbo as a ‘Blue-Green City’ in the ‘Sponge City’ Campaign.

Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management (2017)
Journal Article
O’Donnell, E. C., Lamond, J. E., & Thorne, C. R. (2018). Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management. Environmental Science and Policy, 80, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.10.013

Flood and water management governance may be enhanced through partnership working, intra- and cross-organisational collaborations, and wide stakeholder participation. Nonetheless, barriers associated with ineffective communication, fragmented respons... Read More about Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management.

Evaluating the multiple benefits of a sustainable drainage scheme in Newcastle, UK (2017)
Journal Article
O'Donnell, E. C., Woodhouse, R., & Thorne, C. R. (in press). Evaluating the multiple benefits of a sustainable drainage scheme in Newcastle, UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Water Management, https://doi.org/10.1680/jwama.16.00103

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) and Blue-Green infrastructure (BGI) provide a range of environmental, economic and social benefits in addition to managing water quantity and quality. Recognition of the multifunctionality of SuDS and BGI, and the... Read More about Evaluating the multiple benefits of a sustainable drainage scheme in Newcastle, UK.