Low impact development techniques to mitigate the impacts of climate-change-induced urban floods: Current trends, issues and challenges

SH Pour, AK Abd Wahab, S Shahid… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The severity and frequency of short-duration, but damaging, urban area floods have
increased in recent years across the world. Alteration to the urban micro-climate due to …

Implementation of a specific urban water management-Sponge City

TT Nguyen, HH Ngo, W Guo, XC Wang, N Ren… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Climate change, rapid urbanization and inappropriate urban planning policies in many
countries have resulted in urban water-related problems, such as flooding disasters, water …

Performance and implementation of low impact development–A review

K Eckart, Z McPhee, T Bolisetti - Science of the Total Environment, 2017 - Elsevier
Climate change, urbanization, and ecological concerns are all driving the need for new
stormwater management strategies. The effects of urbanization are exaggerated by climate …

Storm events as key moments of microplastic contamination in aquatic ecosystems

JN Hitchcock - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution is an emerging issue in aquatic sciences. Rain and storm events
are responsible for the mobilization and transport of a range of pollutants in aquatic systems …

Conventional and amended bioretention soil media for targeted pollutant treatment: A critical review to guide the state of the practice

RA Tirpak, ARMN Afrooz, RJ Winston, R Valenca… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioretention systems are widely used green infrastructure elements that utilize engineered
bioretention soil media (BSM) for stormwater capture and treatment. Conventional …

The role of trees in urban stormwater management

A Berland, SA Shiflett, WD Shuster… - Landscape and urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urban impervious surfaces convert precipitation to stormwater runoff, which causes water
quality and quantity problems. While traditional stormwater management has relied on gray …

[HTML][HTML] Urban pluvial flooding and stormwater management: A contemporary review of China's challenges and “sponge cities” strategy

Y Jiang, C Zevenbergen, Y Ma - Environmental science & policy, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, urban pluvial flooding caused by extreme rainfall has increasingly occurred
across China. This paper reviews the challenges faced by China in addressing urban pluvial …

Managing urban stormwater for urban sustainability: Barriers and policy solutions for green infrastructure application

KP Dhakal, LR Chevalier - Journal of environmental management, 2017 - Elsevier
Green infrastructure (GI) revitalizes vegetation and soil, restores hydro-ecological processes
destroyed by traditional urbanization, and naturally manages stormwater on-site, offering …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in rivers along an urban-rural gradient in an urban agglomeration: Correlation with land use, potential sources and pathways

A Kunz, F Schneider, N Anthony, HT Lin - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous and affect all environments, including rivers. In recent years the
number of studies about microplastics in rivers has strongly increased. But still many …

Key factors influencing differences in stream water quality across space

A Lintern, JA Webb, D Ryu, S Liu… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, many rivers are experiencing declining water quality, for example, with altered
levels of sediments, salts, and nutrients. Effective water quality management requires a …