| Session Details | |
| Section | HS - Hydrological Sciences |
| Session Title | WSUD, LID and Sponge City - The New Era of Urban Stormwater Management |
| Main Convener | Dr. Min Liu (College of Hydrometeorology, Nanjing University of Information Sciences and Technology, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Xiaotao Cheng (China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, China) Dr. Jing Li (University of Adelaide, Australia) Dr. Shailesh Singh (National Institute of Water, ) |
| Session Description | Rapid urbanization in recent decades has modified the urban hydrological regime dramatically, causing increased flood frequency and heavy water pollution, which has been a notorious problem in many metropolises. The changing climate further aggravates these undesirable consequences, and forces the shift from tradition urban drainage practices to more sustainable stormwater management concept. The former treats stormwater as nuisance and tries to defend against it, while the latter considers stormwater as resources and try to conserve the hydrological cycle after urbanization to its pre-development state. Low Impact development (LID), Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and Sponge Cities are the alternatives from the US, Australia and China respectively, which brings stormwater management into a new era. This session is to build a platform for the dialog among multidisciplinary scientists from meteorology, hydrology, hydraulics and ecology, among researchers and practitioners, to promote the further development of urban hydrology and support the engineering practice. Following topics (but not limited to) are welcome to join the session: (1) Flood risk analysis in urban area; (2) Analysis of spatio-temporal changes in rainfall characteristics; (3) Real-time flood forecasting; (4) Coupled surface water and drainage pipe network modelling; (5) Urban water quality monitoring and modelling; (6) Investigation of LID and green infrastructure over different scales; (7) Uncertainty analysis of urban water system modelling. |