Category: Open Green Area
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Floating Garden
Floating gardens typically consist of rafts that enable certain plants to be grown hydroponically, with their roots extending into the water. These gardens can be used for growing vegetables, for decorative purposes, or both. Benefits (+) Habitats provision for marine and terrestrial species(+) Considered as habitats linkage across urban boundaries (connective features)(+) Climate change mitigation…
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Fish Ponds
Ponds are considered as small bodies of standing water ranging from 1 m² to 2–5 hectares, which can be permanent or seasonal, and either man-made or naturally formed. In other hand, Pondscape is a network of ponds spread out within a terrestrial matrix, highlighting their spatial distribution and connectivity Benefits (+) recreational possibilities(+) Climate mitigation(+)…
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Electro Wetlands
An electro-wetland is a natural system for treating wastewater that produces electricity through the oxidation of organic matter. It is built upon a standard Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland (HSSF CW) with the addition of electrodes. (Cathodes and Anodes). Benefits (+) Electricity generation(+) Water temperature control and provision.(+) Water Quality Improvement.(+) Flood control/mitigation(+) Habitat for…
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Dry Detention Pond
Dry detention ponds are vegetated detention basins designed for short-term temporal water storage during heavy rain occasions. Stormwater fills up the detention pond and detained water then flows into the sewer system. In periods of no heavy rainfall, the detention ponds are dry and can be used as public green areas. The natural landscape in…
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Constructed Wetlands
Constructed wetlands are designed shallow basins used for water treatment filtering pollutants from water. The processes and services of natural wetlands are adapted to constructed wetlands and are used as a solution to treatment of combined sewer overflow during heavy rainfall events. Benefits (+) Water temperature control and provision.(+) Water quality Improvement.(+) Flood control /…