Engineering

Resilient Urban Drainage System Strategies for Extreme Weather

Editorial: J Ross

ISBN: 9781604272048

Pub: 2024-10-10

Existing urban drainage infrastructure is heavily reliant on current guidelines that govern how infrastructure systems are designed to withstand the potential risk of flooding. However, climate change and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events have cast doubt on the current methodology and standards for designing urban drainage infrastructure systems.