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In the XXI century human aspirations and needs has been amplified by high demographic dynamics of population. It has been expressed by dynamic spatial expansion of cities, characterised by highly diverse patches of urban development and ''novel ecosystems''. High quality of environment and ecosystem services are important for assuring high quality of life and human health as one of the top priorities for the sustainable city development. Therefore, there is a need for a new paradigm of holistic city management. Cities needs to be considered as ecological systems, where fundamental processes such as water circulation, matter and energy flow are extremely condense (Zalewski and Wagner 2005). Understanding flow paths of these components can help to regulate them and enhance the effectiveness of the Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM). The efficiency of the environmental resources use in highly impacted urban systems can be increased by understanding interrelations between hydrological and biological processes subjected directly to laws of thermodynamics. Application of this approach through ecohydrology and ecosystem biotechnologies, complementing the traditional engineering solutions has been tested in Lodz—one of the demonstration cities of the EU SWITCH Project (GOCE 018530).

Ecohydrology as a basis for the sustainable city strategic planning: focus on Lodz, Poland