Urban flooding is of growing concern due to increasing densification of urban areas,
changes in land use, and climate change. The traditional engineering approach to flooding …

Agriculture, urbanization, and industrial growth have significantly increased water demand,
leading to water pollution, necessitating to protect rivers, wetlands, and ecosystem. Hence, a …

The complexity of the challenges in the water sector means that innovative solutions are
required. These solutions include not only new sustainable technologies for water treatment …

The urgent need for innovation to address multifaceted and intertwined water-related
challenges is becoming increasingly clear, acknowledged and responded to with …

Cities can play a key role in the low-carbon transition, with an increasing number of cities
engaging in carbon mitigation actions. The literature on urban low-carbon transition shows …

Urban governance systems need to be adaptive to deal with emerging uncertainties and
pressures, including those related to climate change. Realising adaptive urban governance …

With increasing worldwide recognition of the influence of urban development on the
hydrological functions of water, there is growing pressure for urban planning to play a …

The concept of institutional path dependence offers useful ways of understanding the
trajectories of water policy reforms and how past institutional arrangements, policy …

Water governance is becoming an increasingly important area of study for hydrologists, as
the impacts of human decisions on water flows and their various management scales are …

Multilevel governance divides powers, includes many veto players and requires extensive
policy coordination among different jurisdictions. Under these conditions, innovative policies …