Impacts of climate change on rainfall extremes and urban drainage systems: A review

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 16-28

  Arnbjerg Nielsen, K ^a   Willems, P ^b   Olsson, J ^c   Beecham, S ^d   Pathirana, A ^e   Bulow Gregersen I ^a   Madsen, H ^f   Nguyen, V T V ^g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^f DHI   (Denmark)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Extreme rainfall; Review; Urban drainage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS;

DRAINAGE; OPTIMIZATION; REVIEWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

RAIN; RUNOFF;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EXTREME EVENT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; URBAN DRAINAGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERATOR; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVIEW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

CITIES; CLIMATE CHANGE; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; RAIN;

EID: 84881139611     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.251     Document Type: Review

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