S3E18 - How to Manage Flooding and Improve Water Quality without Steel, Concrete and Hard Engineering
with ๐๏ธ James Murray, MGSDP Manager at the Glasgow City Council ย
๐ง the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership (MGSDP) thinks about and manages rainfall to end uncontrolled flooding and improve water quality.
What we covered:
๐ How the Glasgow Region built upon the 2002 flood to turn its water management approach on its headย
๐ How they decided to leverage nature-based solutions and sustainable urban drainage systems
๐ฑย How you can't put nature in a box, and what that implies when it comes to NBSย
๐ ย The perks and pitfalls of Blue-Green approachesย
๐งฎ ย How confusing it can be to understand the meaning behind a return period of "once in a century"
๐ฆ๏ธ How climate change affects the frequency and intensity of meteorological events
๐ How Nature-Based Solutions come with a wealth of welcome side effects: improving mental health, fostering biodiversity, limiting urban heat, or enhancing the air qualityย
๐ How a smart approach enhances the overall system by feeding it the right data
๐ How Sustainable Drainage can create tensions over land use, and what to do to overcome those
๐ Glasgow's long ball game, adapting regulations, COP 26, public education... and much more!
๐ฅ ... and of course, we concluded with the ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ช๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ฅย
โก๏ธ Find the summary of this trilogy, around the #UnitedNations #Innovate4Cities Conference here: https://dww.show/innovate4cities/
โก๏ธ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here:ย https://dww.show/how-to-manage-flooding-and-improve-water-quality-without-steel-concrete-and-hard-engineering/
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