Intelligent and Resilient Urban Water Systems: Bridging Monitoring, Modeling, and Management in Coupled Human–Natural Systems

Session ID#: 281767

Session Description:
Urban water systems exist and operate at the intersection of natural hydrological processes, infrastructure, and human activities. As cities face increasing pressures from climate extremes, aging infrastructure, and urbanization, there is both an urgent need for and untapped gains in transitioning to intelligent and resilient approaches. These approaches are supported by emerging technologies such as IoT-enabled sensing, advanced modeling, and AI, and adaptive water governance and management. This session seeks contributions that bridge monitoring, modeling, and management to improve the understanding, forecasting, design, and operation of urban water systems. We welcome studies in the broad field of urban hydrology, including stormwater, water quality, drainage systems, water supply, wastewater, green infrastructure, hydroclimatic risk, and decision-making under uncertainty. Relevant approaches include environmental monitoring, process-based modeling, AI/machine learning, smart-city tools, and socio-environmental analysis. We aim to foster discussion among multidisciplinary researchers and practitioners across the urban water domain.
Index Terms:

1804 Catchment [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Yang Yang, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States
Conveners:  Runzi Wang, University of California Davis, Department of Human Ecology, Davis, CA, United States, Omar Wani, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, New York, NY, United States and John Quilty, University of Waterloo, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Student/Early Career Convener:  Berina Kilicarslan, New York University, Tandon School of Engineering, New York, NY, United States
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