Urban Water Systems & Floods

ContentsSection 1: Urban waterCurrent threats to water supply systems; Drinking water catchment and minimum vital flow in torrential habitat; Application of a decision-support system for water loss reduction to the case of a water supply system in Lithuania; Statistical analysis of time of water outflow on the soil surface after the failure of a buried water pipe; Water sensitive cities in South Africa: developing a Community of Practice; Influence of chlorinated water on mechanical properties of polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride pipes; The concept of using energy generated by water flowing in pipes to power devices monitoring the water supply network; Applications of system dynamics modelling for management policy implementation of a water supply system; Small-scale modelling of urban structure types for the cost evaluation in sanitary environmental engineering; Computational fluid dynamics design and forecasting of urban drainage unit operation behaviour; Using Mass Flow Analysis (MFA) to estimate the performance of scenarios for a rainwater harvesting system in Tyseley, Birmingham, UK; How urban residents improve their satisfaction with drinking water in the Pacific Northwest, USA; Development of innovative urban water efficiency systems and a four-legged education curriculum addressing water reduction, harvesting, reuse, and energy generation technologies; Non-drinking water self-sufficiency of residential buildings utilizing rainwater harvesting; Laboratory study on the rainfall influence over the sediment transport dynamics on pervious pavements' discharge; Field evaluation of hydrological performance of a bioretention basin in an urban tropical catchment; Wet weather sewerage management in KoreaSection 2: Flood riskFlood risk management for schools in the lowlands of Tokyo, Japan; Evaluation of flood risks using flood frequency models: a case study of Luvuvhu River Catchment in Limpopo Province, South Africa; A calamity of a severe nature: case study - Chennai, India; New developments at the Flood Forecasting Centre: operations and flood risk guidance; Projection in Hilbert Space for flood forecasting of the Pomahaka River, New Zealand; The impacts of land cover change on stream discharges in Luvuvhu River Catchment, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa; Hydraulic efficiency of road drainage inlets for storm drainage system under clogging effect; Possibilities of closing levee breaks in flood events from the German experience; Property level flood protection: technical insights of a new safety flood door; Redefining the infrastructural response model: using an informational framework to proactively mitigate large-scale coastal events; Developing a robust design basis for critical infrastructures against extreme external floods; Participatory approach for flood risk assessment: the case of Yeumbeul Nord (YN), Dakar, SenegalAuthor index