Urban areas face daunting environmental, economic and social challenges that have increased in scope in recent years, especially given climate change and globalization. At the same time, cities provide exciting opportunities for growth and revitalization of local and national economies. The interplay of these challenges and opportunities create important tasks for policymakers and researchers. This book provides a new horizon for exploring solutions to urban problems, especially water-related disasters in urban areas. It is of a cross-disciplinary nature offering both new concepts and practices that will help to promote communication between urban planning communities and water management professionals in order to integrate water-related disaster management into spatial planning.
Offers a comprehensive understanding of water-related urban problems
Offers detailed information on spatial planning and integrated urban water management
Provides innovative solutions to water-related disasters in urban areas
Guangwei Huang
Urban dynamism land-use optimization urban river urban inundation simulation water quality and water pollution