Guest Editors:
Haifeng Jia, Ph.D.
Shaw L. Yu, Ph.D.
Allen P. Davis, Ph.D.

Low Impact Development (LID)/Green Infrastructure (GI) and Sponge city Construction (integrating Green and Grey) principles have become the new paradigm for a sustainable urban stormwater management strategy. It has become a widespread focus in urban water management research and practices globally. In this context, in order to provide an international forum for stormwater management professionals to present the latest developments, technologies and case studies related to LID and GI technology, the 2016 International Low Impact Development Conference was organized and held in Beijing, China. More than 1,200 delegates from over 20 countries attended the meeting with over 400 papers presented orally or as posters. For this collection, we have invited selected participants at the conference to highlight some of the important aspects of LID/GI and Sponge city implementation. These manuscripts cover the following areas: case studies on sustainable urban design and management using LID/GI principles and practices, methods of quantifying benefits of sustainable drainage system (SuDS) implementation, rainwater utilization, practices that mitigate urban flooding and soil erosion, and LID applications in managing highway runoff.