04 Jan 2017
SuDS Survey results and what it reveals Following an overwhelming response from industry professionals, we can publish the results of our SuDS: The State of the Nation 2016 survey. They send some strong New Year messages about Sustainable Drainage Systems as the Government prepares for a 2017 review. Our national survey found that the lack of a framework […]
07 Dec 2016
Climate change: Impact of land management on flood risk ignored for too long – How Natural flood management and using land more intelligently will limit flood damage In an Expert Focus article on Waterbriefing, Daniel Johns, head of adaptation at the Committee on Climate Change explores how natural flood management and using land more intelligently will […]
07 Dec 2016
A new report is warning that the majority of new local plans in England are failing to cut carbon emissions and to plan for the scale of severe weather predicted over future years. The report Planning for the Climate Challenge? Understanding the performance of English Local Plans, which examined the most recently prepared plans in England, found […]
18 Oct 2016
Deeproot Blog: Green Infrastructure for Your Community – blog and articles: Green Streets have become a more common feature of the urban landscape in cities and towns across the United States and abroad. And for good reason: they provide substantial value in community aesthetics, redevelopment, livability and environmental compliance. You may know from personal experience […]
23 Aug 2016
New Orleans SUDS … According to an 18 July 2016 article in The New Orleans Advocate, New Orleans is about to embark on a $115 million, three-year project to upgrade drainage in eight neighbourhoods, the largest effort to date to enact new strategies focused on retaining – rather than immediately pumping out – rainwater. While […]
18 Aug 2016
susdrain Plans unveiled for UK’s largest sustainable urban drainage network An ambitious project cut the amount of clean rainwater contaminated in sewers is set to be launched this summer on the site of one London’s biggest affordable housing schemes. Rainwater landing on an area the size of 20 football pitches will be channelled back into […]
11 Aug 2016
Last week this blog covered four articles on Cities and Water: Flooding, Green Infrastructure, SuDS, Resilience, Awareness & Climate change. This week another four case studies from Richard Ashley highlighting the way cities across the world a reframing and transforming the urban environment to meet the challenges of water, flooding and climate change in a […]
04 Aug 2016
Thanks to Richard Ashley for these four articles Urban adaptation to climate change in Europe 2016 — Transforming cities in a changing climate EEA Report No 12/2016 This report builds on and complements existing products and initiatives on urban adaptation in Europe. It focuses on the state of actions in the field and progress achieved […]
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