The Rivers Trust have produced a guide to practical advice on the design and maintenance of constructed wetlands for the purpose of mitigating urban diffuse pollution. See: Urban Wetland Design Guide – CaBA (catchmentbasedapproach.org) The aim of this guide is to provide comprehensive and practical advice on the design and maintenance of constructed wetlands for […]

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Thames Estuary Partnership   Replacing brick, concrete, and metal tidal walls with a variety of habitats is what the Estuary Edges project is about. The Estuary Edges website is a ‘how to’ guide on ecological design for softening these ‘edges’ to encourage wildlife into urban estuaries. In our case study estuary, the Thames, only around 2% of the […]

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Via Defra Urban flood resilience issue published by The Royal Society The Royal Society have published an issue of philosophical transactions on urban flood resilience. This issue compiles a series of scientific articles demonstrating developments in: understanding the changing drivers of flooding flood modelling multifunctional infrastructure and their benefits social, community and economic interaction with […]

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BlueHealth is a pan-European research initiative investigating the links between urban blue spaces, climate and health. It is combining interdisciplinary approaches to examine how wellbeing might be promoted through the development of blue infrastructure. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, BlueHealth has brought together over 90 researchers from nine European institutions. It ends in […]

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BlueHealth is a pan-European research initiative investigating the links between urban blue spaces, climate and health. It is combining interdisciplinary approaches to examine how wellbeing might be promoted through the development of blue infrastructure. Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme, BlueHealth has brought together over 90 researchers from nine European institutions. It ends in […]

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CRCWSC ‘Investment in water sensitive infrastructure is critical in transforming our cities to become more liveable, sustainable, resilient and prosperous. Both the public and private sector have a role in redesigning and improving water management as part of this transition to water sensitive, low carbon, green cities. Local government has a specific role in the […]

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Royal Society   ‘Providing flood resistant urban infrastructure which is resilient to both future climate uncertainties and increasing urbanisation is a pressing challenge globally. This issue brings together current UK and international developments in: understanding the changing drivers of flooding; advances in flood modelling; pathways to multifunctional infrastructure that can provide multiple benefits; social, community and […]

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