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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?.

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.

A participatory system dynamics model to investigate sustainable urban water management in Ebbsfleet Garden City (2021)
Journal Article
Pluchinotta, I., Pagano, A., Vilcan, T., Ahilan, S., Kapetas, L., Maskrey, S., …O’Donnell, E. (2021). A participatory system dynamics model to investigate sustainable urban water management in Ebbsfleet Garden City. Sustainable Cities and Society, Article 102709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.102709

Growing urban populations, changes in rainfall patterns and ageing infrastructure represent significant challenges for urban water management (UWM). There is a critical need for research into how cities should adapt to become resilient to these impac... Read More about A participatory system dynamics model to investigate sustainable urban water management in Ebbsfleet Garden City.