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Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of natural hazards as urbanization rises, affecting both people and wildlife in metropolitan areas. Water stress is also exacerbated by rising temperatures. This brings urban planning to the forefront of climate change adaptation, as cities have the capacity to promote circularity in water systems. However, there are still a variety of challenges that remain in implementing water circularity in adaptation strategies. This study aims to explore the variety of challenges and barriers across various sectors.
We conduct a systematic review of the existing peer-reviewed research papers and gain insights about various types of challenges in different urban water management systems across geographies. The methodology consists of four main components: 1) design a comprehensive selection of search strings including climate change and urban planning as keywords to find articles within peer-reviewed journals and secondary sources (1990-2023); 2) select articles with case-study cities for evaluation; 3) categorize the literature based on types of challenges, geographic location, methodology used; and 4) conduct a critical text mining analysis to identify emerging themes and cross-benefit synergies of urban water circularity and climate change adaptation through thematic analysis.
This analysis results in cross-sector importance on the challenges of adapting urban water systems to climate change and, development of a methodological framework for investigating the challenges and synergies of implementing circular economy ideas in urban water systems. Furthermore, we hope to provide a more refined knowledge of contextualized effects of universal techniques for tackling environmental and sustainability concerns in modern urban environments.
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| Keywords | urban water; climate change; adaptation; challenges; systematic review |
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| Best Congress Paper Award | No |
