TY - JOUR
T1 - Urban water infrastructure: A critical review on climate change impacts and adaptation strategies
AU - Ferdowsi, Ahmad
AU - Piadeh, Farzad
AU - Behzadian, Kourosh
AU - Mousavi, Sayed-Farhad
AU - Ehteram, Mohammad
N1 - © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
PY - 2024/11/30
Y1 - 2024/11/30
N2 - Urban water infrastructure (UWI) plays a critical role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) by providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and wastewater management, and contributing to sustainable cities. However, UWI faces significant challenges, including the high cost of failure in the face of devastating natural disasters increasingly caused by climate change. Many current infrastructures, built years ago, are not adapted to climatic changes, posing a threat to both UWI functions and the SDGs they support. To address these challenges, this study critically reviews recent research on UWI performance under climate change conditions, the impacts of climate change on long-term sustainability, and potential adaptation strategies. The present study suggests that incorporating the effects of climate change and sustainability criteria into UWI is essential. The results also reveal that severe flooding and water shortages are the most significant impacts of climate change on urban water infrastructure. Furthermore, the effects of other climate parameters, such as temperature rise due to the global warming phenomenon, should not be underestimated.
AB - Urban water infrastructure (UWI) plays a critical role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) by providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and wastewater management, and contributing to sustainable cities. However, UWI faces significant challenges, including the high cost of failure in the face of devastating natural disasters increasingly caused by climate change. Many current infrastructures, built years ago, are not adapted to climatic changes, posing a threat to both UWI functions and the SDGs they support. To address these challenges, this study critically reviews recent research on UWI performance under climate change conditions, the impacts of climate change on long-term sustainability, and potential adaptation strategies. The present study suggests that incorporating the effects of climate change and sustainability criteria into UWI is essential. The results also reveal that severe flooding and water shortages are the most significant impacts of climate change on urban water infrastructure. Furthermore, the effects of other climate parameters, such as temperature rise due to the global warming phenomenon, should not be underestimated.
KW - Climate-resilient infrastructure
KW - Extreme weather
KW - Flooding
KW - Sustainable development goals
KW - Urban water
KW - Water resources management
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U2 - 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102132
DO - 10.1016/j.uclim.2024.102132
M3 - Review article
SN - 2212-0955
VL - 58
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Urban Climate
JF - Urban Climate
M1 - 102132
ER -