Cities are experiencing the impacts of climate change through water-related disasters, while sustainable management water resources remains crucial for urban resilience. Accordingly, frameworks that integrate with adaptation become increasingly relevant. The Water Sensitive (WSC) framework is built on three pillars address cities' role as communities and networks, catchments, providers ecosystem services. A major element WSC index, which can be applied to assess cities by using multiple...

Blue-Green infrastructure (BGI) is recognised internationally as an approach for managing urban water challenges while enhancing society and the environment through provision of multiple co-benefits. This research employed online survey to investigate perceptions BGI held by professional stakeholders in four cities with established programs: Newcastle (UK), Ningbo (China), Portland (Oregon USA), Rotterdam (The Netherlands) (64 respondents). The results show that associated having too much...

The Rebuild by Design (RBD) competition was launched after the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy, and winning designs have put a significant emphasis on green infrastructure (GI) as means achieving flood resilience in urban areas. Previous research field stormwater management indicates that wide-spread implementation GI remains challenge, largely due to lack understanding required governance approaches. Therefore, using case study Hoboken, for which design developed, this paper explores...

Water introduces both opportunities and risks to urban areas. Society is faced with the challenge of finding solutions complex interrelated problems such as living safely in densely populated deltas, planning ahead for climate change, alternatives fossil fuels, redevelopment. We need make sure that all this achieved a sustainable way. This paper elaborates on transition towards water-sensitive cities, drawing experience water management design Netherlands UK. involves strengthening...

Research on rainwater harvesting mainly focuses a building scale. Scant information is available about its performance large This study aims to determine the potential for, and economic viability of meeting non-potable water demand by for scale case (21.5 km2): Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. A dynamic model was developed analyse scenarios varying rainfall, catchment surfaces storage capacity. Four system configurations catchments uses were analysed their with different prices options. found...

Rotterdam has a close and essential connection with water, both as port city delta city. As low-lying situated in the estuary of Rhine Meuse rivers, most (85 per cent) lies below sea level, some areas are low 7 m beneath level. Except for main area, remaining 15 cent outer dike zones. Since evacuation is nearly impossible, adapting to climate change presents significant challenge. This vulnerable continually revisiting its approach water threats demanding new round interventions. The...

Over 80% of cities have been built next to rivers, which in turn become polluted and prone overtopping their banks. Many are also subject coastal flooding. As this paper describes, water challenges urban areas include contamination sources, lack potable supply, sanitation, solid waste management, storm floods, subsidence, environmental impact diseases. Dealing with these issues – plus climate change ongoing urbanisation calls for innovative ideas when planning the development areas.

Abstract Urban floods can cause significant damage and are expected to become more common due climate change. Previous research has identified that change adaptation in cities requires the development of blue-green infrastructure (BGI), it is leapfrog a water-sensitive state by implementing BGI. However, leapfrogging context-dependent, little known about how governance factors affect leapfrogging, particularly midsize cities. This paper addresses this knowledge gap, providing empirical...

Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI, including swales, green roofs, and wetlands) plays an important role in reducing vulnerability to climate change risks such as flooding, heat stress, water shortages, while enhancing urban environments quality of life for citizens. Understanding the perceptions that professional stakeholders have BGI is fundamental addressing barriers implementation. A novel application Implicit Association Test (IAT) developed investigate compare implicit (unconscious)...

Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI, including swales, green roofs, and wetlands) plays an important role in reducing vulnerability to climate change risks such as flooding, heat stress, water shortages, while enhancing urban environments quality of life for citizens. Understanding the perceptions that professional stakeholders have BGI is fundamental addressing barriers implementation. A novel application Implicit Association Test (IAT) developed investigate compare implicit (unconscious)...


 Living with water is an essential part of the cultural heritage city Zwolle, NL. The historic development within its systems has been recognized as inspiration for climate adaptation. In July 2019, Zwolle presented Adaptation Strategy. Building on heritage, a cohesive blue-green network (city scale) in can develop and expand, room urban sponges (neighborhood that will combat heat stress. This create new natural supported by community. this plan, various components are interconnected...