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View article: Current Interventions Are Inadequate to Maintain Cities' Resilience During Concurrent Drought and Excessive Heat
Current Interventions Are Inadequate to Maintain Cities' Resilience During Concurrent Drought and Excessive Heat Open
Climate change is expected to intensify the global water cycle, affecting land‐atmosphere feedbacks and surface water availability. This leads to prolonged droughts and excessive heat events, increasing vulnerability of cities to water sca…
View article: Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Water Management in Viet Nam, a Comparison among European and Asian Countries
Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Water Management in Viet Nam, a Comparison among European and Asian Countries Open
Climate change is severely affecting all regions of the world, and urban water management has become a major urban challenge. Although nature-based solutions (NBSs) have been widely implemented in developed countries in the Global North to…
View article: Role of Surface Energy Fluxes in Urban Overheating Under Buoyancy‐Driven Atmospheric Conditions
Role of Surface Energy Fluxes in Urban Overheating Under Buoyancy‐Driven Atmospheric Conditions Open
Urbanization alters land surface properties in absorbing, reflecting and emitting radiation as well as infiltrating, evaporating and storing water. This consequently modifies surface energy and water fluxes and, thus, urban climates. Weak …
View article: Balancing Urban Heat, Flood and Water Scarcity: Blue-Green Infrastructure in Alpine Cities 
Balancing Urban Heat, Flood and Water Scarcity: Blue-Green Infrastructure in Alpine Cities  Open
In Alpine cities, water management needs to be adapted to the challenges of climate change, including altering temperature and precipitation patterns. Blue-green infrastructure (i.e., the combination of nature-based and technical solutions…
View article: Integrating CFD-GIS modelling to refine urban heat and thermal comfort assessment
Integrating CFD-GIS modelling to refine urban heat and thermal comfort assessment Open
Constant urban growth exacerbates the demand for residential, commercial and traffic areas, leading to progressive surface sealing and urban densification. With climate change altering precipitation and temperature patterns worldwide, citi…
View article: Mapping ecological and human systems responses to land-atmosphere interactions altered by climate change 
Mapping ecological and human systems responses to land-atmosphere interactions altered by climate change  Open
<p>Land cover alteration due to anthropogenic activities modify land surface properties in absorbing, reflecting and emitting radiation as well as infiltrating, evaporating and storing water. This consequently modifies surface energy…
View article: Combining CFD and GIS software capabilities to enhance rapid fine-scale urban micro- and bioclimatic modelling&#160;
Combining CFD and GIS software capabilities to enhance rapid fine-scale urban micro- and bioclimatic modelling  Open
<p>Cities around the world are under constant change. Population growth is leading to an increasing demand for residential, commercial and traffic areas and thus leading to progressive surface sealing and urban densification. Adding …
View article: Comparing urban sub-catchment delineation approaches for dynamic hydrological modelling
Comparing urban sub-catchment delineation approaches for dynamic hydrological modelling Open
<p>In the face of rapid urban and population growth and with climate change altering precipitation patterns, urban water management is becoming increasingly demanding. Numerous software, tools and approaches to study urban water flow…