Current Challenge in Urban Runoff and Urban Flooding

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (11 August 2023) | Viewed by 831

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School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Interests: urban nonpoint source pollution; water pollution; stormwater management; stormwater risk assessment; sponge city; low-impact development
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Dear Colleagues,

Urban flooding is now prevalent in many urban areas due to global climate change, and many cities have suffered from heavy storms during rainy seasons. Meanwhile, urban runoff contains large amounts of pollutants, and it has become a major source of urban water pollution worldwide. Urban runoff regulation and pollution control are essential to ensure a safe water environment for urban living.

Urban runoff management should focus on both the stormwater quantity and quality and hence, mitigate urban flooding and improve received water quality. Further, water scarcity is a common phenomenon in many areas of the world. Stormwater can be a potential resource to overcome this issue. In this context, how to reclaim stormwater and reduce flooding disasters should be considered.

Subjects that will be discussed in this Special Issue will focus on the mitigation of disasters, urban flooding regulation, stormwater pollution mitigation, stormwater reuse, runoff modelling, and model prediction.

Dr. Yukun Ma
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • urban flooding mitigation
  • stormwater pollution management
  • stormwater reuse

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Standardizing Criteria for Calculating Urban Storm Drainage Flow Rates Using Basin Division Based on Aerial Photogrammetry: The Case Study of Culiacan, Mexico
by Guadalupe Yuceli Sánchez-Núñez, Sergio Arturo Rentería-Guevara, Jesús Gabriel Rangel-Peraza, Sergio Alberto Monjardín-Armenta, Antonio Jesús Sanhouse-García and Zuriel Dathan Mora-Felix
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(22), 12334; https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212334 - 15 Nov 2023
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Urban storm drainage is fundamental for the well-being of the population of cities with torrential rainfall regimes because it is essential for the rapid and safe disposal of stormwater runoff. However, it is not uncommon for hydrological studies to determine the design flow [...] Read more.
Urban storm drainage is fundamental for the well-being of the population of cities with torrential rainfall regimes because it is essential for the rapid and safe disposal of stormwater runoff. However, it is not uncommon for hydrological studies to determine the design flow of storm drainage works carried out in the same urban basin using different criteria depending on the experience of the person performing them. This can represent a problem when integrating and reviewing the results of hydrological studies carried out by different hydrologists. To address this problem, we propose a methodology consisting of methods used by various authors to determine the design flow rate in urban hydrologic studies. We suggest using a novel method to delineate urban basins based on photogrammetry obtained through flights with unmanned aerial vehicles. Subsequently, the necessary parameters are obtained to define the intensity–duration–return period curves, the runoff coefficients, and finally the design flow rate. The contribution of this article is technological. In this sense, a new methodology is proposed that applies existing knowledge to solve a practical problem observed in the field of urban hydrology and storm drainage. The case study is a basin with frequent flooding located in Culiacan, Mexico. Full article
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