Future-Proofing Urban Resilience: Multi-Criteria Decision-Making and Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Stormwater Management

In response to the growing challenges posed by climate variability and urbanization, cities urgently require innovative, resilient, and sustainable stormwater management strategies. This Research Topic invites contributions that harness the power of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) techniques to support adaptive, integrated, and cost-effective stormwater solutions. Emphasizing the use of green infrastructure, Low Impact Development (LID) practices, and advanced modeling tools (e.g., SWMM and other hydrologic-hydraulic platforms), we seek studies that optimize urban water systems through multi-objective approaches.

We encourage interdisciplinary research that bridges engineering, environmental science, decision analysis, and socio-economic dimensions to shape the next generation of urban resilience. Topics may include (but are not limited to):

-Application of hybrid MCDM frameworks for evaluating LID strategies
-Scenario-based planning under climate and land-use change
-Coupled modeling approaches integrating hydrologic tools with decision-support systems
-Socio-technical and stakeholder-driven perspectives in urban water planning
-Case studies demonstrating real-world implementation and impact

By fostering dialogue across disciplines and regions, this collection aims to inspire transformative pathways in stormwater management aligned with global sustainability goals.

Article types and fees

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Community Case Study
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
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Article types

This Research Topic accepts the following article types, unless otherwise specified in the Research Topic description:

• Brief Research Report
• Community Case Study
• Curriculum, Instruction, and Pedagogy
• Data Report
• Editorial
• FAIR² Data
• General Commentary
• Hypothesis and Theory
• Methods
• Mini Review
• Opinion
• Original Research
• Perspective
• Policy and Practice Reviews
• Policy Brief
• Review
• Systematic Review

Keywords: Urban resilience, land-use change, enviornmental science, green infastructure, climate variability

Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.