| Session Details | |
| Section | HS - Hydrological Sciences |
| Session Title | Urban Water-related Problems |
| Main Convener | Prof. Akira Kawamura (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. So Kazama (Tohoku University, Japan) Prof. Kei Nakagawa (Nagasaki University, Japan) Dr. Kenichiro Kobayashi (Kobe University, Japan) Dr. Naoko Nakagawa (Rikkyo University, Japan) |
| Session Description | Urban areas are considered to be the most vulnerable to water-related problems, which involve too much and too little water problems from quantity and quality perspectives. Those specific phenomena are flash floods and inundation, Tsunami and storm surges, landslides and mudflows, droughts and water shortage, unsanitary condition and epidemics, surface and ground water pollutions, and so on. Water-related problems in urban areas lead to great human losses and economic damages. Those urban water-related problems are highly recurrent and intricately linked with each other, and pose major impediments to the achievement of human security and sustainable socio-economic development of the cities. However, it seems that they have not yet been comprehensively and profoundly discussed for better understanding in order to fight against and mitigate these problems. This section is thus intended to provide a wide range of topics and collective perspective on urban water-related problems that may include, but not limited to, the following items: (1) Urban “guerrilla rainstorm” (a localized downpour) (2) Urban rainfall-runoff and inundation caused by various storms (3) Urban drainage problems (3) Early warning and information systems (4) Urban droughts and water shortage (5) Surface water and groundwater pollutions (6) River water contamination (7) Urban unsanitary conditions and water-borne epidemics (8) Urban wastewater management (9) Landslide and mudflow in urban areas (10) Tsunami and storm-surge attack on urban areas (11) Urban water sustainability (12) Impact of a disaster (e.g., earthquake) on urban water (13) Other issues related to urban water-related problems |