Water Management in Climate-Related Disasters and Urban Resilience

This chapter focuses on carbon neutrality and the critical role of water management in climate-related disasters and its impact on urban resilience within the urban sustainability framework. Climate change has resulted in extreme weather events such as storms, floods, and droughts that affect urban infrastructure and water security. Therefore, effective water management requires urgent attention for the cities to be more resilient, tackle, and recover from such calamities. In this chapter, we explored the integration of green infrastructure, techniques for sustainable urban planning, and smart water systems as part of a proposed strategy for mitigating the impact of climate change-induced disasters. It also focused on the role of water-related measures in order to reduce the carbon footprint of cities and hence their link with carbon neutrality goals. Reducing energy demand for water supply and treatment can be achieved through water management techniques like rainwater harvesting or improving wastewater treatment efficiency. For instance, switching from energy-intensive pumping to gravity-fed distribution cuts greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, it is possible for cities to develop urban growth that is both sustainable and in line with global carbon reduction targets and resilient to climate change by managing water in coordination with the aims of carbon neutrality. This chapter suggests an integrated approach to urban sustainability in which becoming carbon-neutral cities involves placing water management at the core.