Overview

Climate change will increase the occurrence of floods in cities and open areas. As well as the widely documented social and economic impacts of floods, these events can also have a significant and long-lasting impact on water quality. This multidisciplinary edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of floods on water quality, with chapters written by experts on water chemistry, water management, flood risk management, and urban engineering and planning. It presents global case studies, ranging from Australia and Canada to India and China, and includes contributions by scholars from Asia, Latin America, and Europe. It evaluates precautionary measures, such as the need for early warning systems to predict pluvial flood events, and practical solutions involving urban drainage, in the context of the needs of different regions. This book will be of interest to researchers, policy makers and professionals working in water management, environmental engineering and urban flooding.

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Author:   Blanca Jiménez Cisneros ,  Alexandros Makarigakis (Natural Sciences Sector, UNESCO)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
ISBN:  

9781107118720

ISBN 10:   1107118727
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   31 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction Blanca Jiménez Cisneros and Alexandros K. Makarigakis; 1. Urbanization process and urban water challenges Changqing Xu, Mingyi Jia, Haifeng Jia, Alexandros K. Makarigakis and Blanca Jiménez Cisneros; 2. General approaches on urban water challenges Mingyi Jia, Changqing Xu and Haifeng Jia; 3. Integrating water quality in urban flood risk management: structural approaches Susanne Charlesworth, Daniel Castro-Fresno and Jorge Rodriguez-Hernandez; 4. Impacts of urban drainage management on water quality following extreme rainfall Antonio Lastra De La Rubia; 5. Online forecast model for urban flooding and induced water contamination Simon Berkhahn, Thomas Graf, Insa Neuweiler, Aaron Peche, Robert Sämann, Lothar Fuchs, Stefan Krämer and Julian Wahl; 6. Identifying the contaminant levels in river floods that occurred in the past Anna Lintern, Lauren McDonald, Brent B. Wolfe, Roland I. Hall, Ana Deletic, Paul Leahy, Hendrik Heijnis, Atun Zawadzki, Patricia Gadd and David T. McCarthy; 7. Coping with water supply and water quality problems during floods and their management C. K. Jain and Rakesh Kumar; 8. Impact of urban flooding on water quality in India with special reference to Mumbai Kapil Gupta; 9. The June 2016 Seine river flood, effects on the sanitation system operation at the heart of the Paris urban area and impact on the Seine river quality Jean-Pierre Tabuchi, Béatrice Blanchet, Vincent Rocher and Sheila Aboulouard; 10. 'The Sponge City' initiative in China Haifeng Jia, Te Xu and Zheng Wang; 11. Conclusions Blanca Jiménez Cisneros and Alexandros K. Makarigakis; Index.

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Dr Blanca Jiménez Cisneros is currently Ambassador of Mexico to France. She served as General Director of Mexico's National Commission and was previously the Director of the Division of Water Sciences and Secretary to UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme. She has over 40 years of experience as a civil servant and researcher, particularly in environmental engineering, water management, science diplomacy and addressing climate change impacts. She has received various awards in her career, such as the Global Water Award of the International Water Association in 2010 and the Nobel Peace Prize for her participation in the 4th IPCC Report on climate change in 2007. She has also previously held a position as a Senior Expert Consultant to the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Spain and South Africa. Alexandros K. Makarigakis is the Regional Hydrologist for UNESCO in Africa, part of the Division of Water Sciences in the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme of UNESCO. He has more than thirty years of experience, twenty-three of which are at an international level on issues of development in developing and developed countries with a focus on integrated water resources management. He has eight years of experience in the field of bioremediation of hazardous chemicals and ten years in municipal water and wastewater purification.

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