Listen "343R_Creating sponge cities to tackle surface water flooding (research summary)"
Episode Synopsis
Are you interested in the concept of sponge cities? Summary of the white paper titled Creating sponge cities to tackle surface water flooding from 2025, by Mark Coates and Neal Edmondson, published on the Infrastructure Policy Advancement website.This is a great preparation to our next interview with Mark Coates in episode 344 talking about infrastructure and sponge cities, among others. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the infrastructure can alleviate some of the challenges during flooding in urban areas. This white paper advocates for sponge cities as a solution to ever frequently occurring floods, based on the implementation of innovative, nature based sustainable drainage systems.Find the white paper through this link.Connecting episodes you might be interested in:No.257R - Formal model for green urbanism in smart citiesNo.258 - Interview with Matt Gijselman about sponge citiesNo. 279R - How ecosystem services drive urban growth: Integrating nature-based solutionsYou can find the transcript through this link.What was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter @WTF4Cities or on the wtf4cities.com website where the shownotes are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Episode generated with Descript assistance (affiliate link).Music by Lesfm from Pixabay
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