Blue-Green Cities communicates that urban flood risk management based on Blue-Green approaches is able to deliver multiple and valuable co-benefits to urban communities. With approaches designed to be evaluated, this book brings together carefully researched content from the Blue-Green Cities Research Project and illustrates how innovative urban flood risk management can be achieved using Blue-Green approaches. The book includes coverage of topics that reveal how cities can improve their risk management systems as well as focus on increased water security, carbon sequestration and enhanced productivity and economic vitality. This book will be an essential read for flood risk management professionals, policy makers and stakeholders in urban areas. It'll particularly appeal to city and local authority councillors, municipal, drainage and urban water engineers and developers, architects and landscape architects.