Including 4 closely related terms such as flood, flooding, and flood mitigation.
… (for example an area with plants to attract pollinators) as well as community-focused areas – for example a ‘beach’-style park, with charging infrastructure so that community events can be held there. These zones are sunk below the level of the pavement and roads, with an elevated walkway across them all. The park, which is yet to be tested by a major flood event, can absorb approximately 1,500m3…
…. Secondly, investing in biodiversity, flood mitigation and water quality enhancements, ensuring that the River Cole and its surrounds continue to benefit the wildlife and residents of Birmingham, Solihull and North Warwickshire for many years to come. Underpinning the vision are four objectives: • Create a high quality blue/green corridor along the River Cole through East Birmingham, North…
… Solihull and North Warwickshire that can be used as an alternative travel route for local or commuting journeys without the car. • Enhance the natural and historic environment, improve biodiversity and water quality, reduce flood risk and highlight the opportunities for natural capital and environmental net gain. • Re-connect local communities and businesses with their local public open space…
…. These changes will occur, even in the IPCC’s17 most optimistic scenario – 1.5 degrees of warming18. This means that we need to invest in our ability to live with both of those things: by enhancing green spaces, designing out flooding and extreme temperatures from our places, and upgrading our infrastructure. If we breach 1.5 degrees of warming, we can expect all of these impacts to intensify, along…
… strategically, based on evidence around the need for cooling, exposure to flooding, and to achieve maximum carbon sequestration. This means planting in places which we would otherwise develop and improving our approach to forestry management. We will also need to be conscious of the interplay between urban greening and microgeneration – e.g. sometimes you can have a combined green roof and solar array…