Category: Community Initiative
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Vertical Mobile Garden
Consists of living wall modules, which are wire frame cubes attached to a hook lift container platform. The vegetation cover is highly diverse, showcasing the potential of living walls to enhance amenity value and promote biodiversity. A light, partially vegetated open roof structure provides shade. The Green Living Room offers immediate benefits such as clean…
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Urban Parks
Parks and forests in urban or peri-urban areas provide several environmental benefits while serving as a public space for recreation, social interaction, exercise and connection to nature. Parks could have multifunctionality by combining various uses such as sport fields or other NbS (e.g. water retention basins) Benefits (+) Provide a place for the public for…
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Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting
Rainwater is caught and collected from rooftops and other impermeable surfaces. It can be stored and then be used for non-potable uses such as watering of green spaces and parks or non- potable uses at household level. Benefits (+) Collected water for irrigation purpose Limitations (-) Limited control over the water availability.(-) Measure might meet…
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Raingardens
Shallow bio-retention basins established in artificial surroundings. They are designed to collect, store, filter and treat water runoff. A variety of elements is used such as grass filter strips, water ponds, mulch areas, planting soil, plants. They are not restricted to certain climate conditions and can be combined with e.g. with rainwater harvesting measures and…
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Infiltration Trenches
Infiltration trenches are shallow excavations filled with rubble or stone that allow water to infiltrate into the surrounding soils from the bottom and sides of the trench. The basins are flat areas planted with grass and normally dry. Benefits (+) Add aesthetic value(+) Reduction of pollutant load Limitations (-) Risk of introducing pollutants to groundwater…
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Bioswales
Swales are vegetated, linear and low-sloped pits (larger than rain gardens) often established in urban areas near and between roads. They absorb, store, and convey surface water runoff (mainly draining from roadways) and remove pollutants and sediments when the water trickles through the vegetation and soil layer. Additionally, swales can serve as traffic harassment and…