Hyde-Smith, L, Zhan, Z, Roelich, K et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Climate Change Impacts on Urban Sanitation: A Systematic Review and Failure Mode Analysis. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (9). pp. 5306-5321. ISSN 0013-936X
Abstract
Climate change will stress urban sanitation systems. Although urban sanitation uses various infrastructure types and service systems, current research appears skewed toward a small subset of cases. We conducted a systematic literature review to critically appraise the evidence for climate change impacts on all urban sanitation system types. We included road-based transport networks, an essential part of fecal sludge management systems. We combined the evidence on climate change impacts with the existing knowledge about modes of urban sanitation failures. We found a predominance of studies that assess climate impacts on centralized sewerage in high-income contexts. The implications of climate change for urban nonsewered and complex, fragmented, and (partially) decentralized sanitation systems remain under-researched. In addition, the understanding of the impacts of climate change on urban sanitation systems fails to take a comprehensive citywide perspective considering interdependencies with other sectors and combinations of climate effects. We conclude that the evidence for climate change impacts on urban sanitation systems is weak. To date, research neither adequately represents the variety of urban sanitation infrastructure and service systems nor reflects the operational and management challenges of already stressed systems.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | extreme weather, sewer, CSO, combined sewer overflow, emptying, FSM, flood |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2022 14:24 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jun 2022 15:14 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Chemical Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.est.1c07424 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185741 |