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‘nature-based’ blue-green-grey
infrastructure solutions
Dr Mark FletcherGlobal Water Leader
MILLENIUM PARK CHICAGO
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outline
context
blue + green + grey methodology
global examples
case study 1 New York City
case study 2 Rainscape Wales
conclusions
CENTRAL PARK NEW YORK
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MANCHESTER, FROM KERSAL MOOR EDWARD
GOODALL (1795-1870), AFTER A PAINTING BY W. WYLDE.
context | start with grey
Pumps, pipes, concrete still have
a role to play
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* UNITED NATIONS – WORLD URBANISATION PROSPECTS (2010)
SHIBUYA, TOKYO
“by 2050, 70% of people will live in
cities”
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BANGKOK 2011
“climate change is costing the world more than $1.2 trillion
annually”
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CITY CHALLENGES
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WETLAND & WILDFOWL CENTRE, LONDON
blue + green + grey
methodology
‘nature-based’
retrofit existing cities
masterplan new cities
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Work with nature-based thinking across the water cycle
Use green + blue space – create, expand, adapt
Capture, store, treat and release
Cools, attenuates, provides amenity and recreation and improves landscape
Design places using vegetation
Natural/semi-natural: bush, tree, copse, wood, forest, meadow, wetland
Man-made: green roof, planter, flowerbed, park, field, footpath, hedgerow
green thinking
Eg encourage
Urban Forest
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Work with nature-based thinking across the water cycle
Use green + blue space – create, expand, adapt
Capture, store, treat and release…. and provide continuity across the water cycle
Design places to use water practically and creatively
Provides amenity and recreation benefits
Natural/semi-natural: puddles, pools, ponds, lakes, streams and rivers
Man-made: Taps, toilets, reservoirs, canals, swales, fountains, ditches and drains
blue thinkingEg de-culvert Urban
Watercourses
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environmental benefits economic benefits social benefits
Improved visual amenity Increased resilience Encouraging physical activity
Enhanced microclimate Increased land values Improving childhood development
Improved air quality Faster property sales Improved mental health
Reduced flood risk Encouraging inward investment Faster hospital recovery rates
Better water/ soil quality Reducing building energy costs Lowering stress
Water storage and reuse Faster planning permission Improved workplace productivity
Improved biodiversity Improving areas for tourism Increasing social cohesion
Reducing ambient noise Lowering healthcare costs Reducing crime
some of the benefits of urban blue + green infrastructure
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EXETER UNIVERSITY HEALTH RESEARCH – 5,000
HOUSEHOLDS OVER 17 YEARS
*‘PEOPLE IN GREENER AREAS REPORTED LOWER LEVELS OF STRESS AND HIGHER DEGREES OF LIFE SATISFACTION’
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“contact with nature lowers stress levels and improves life satisfaction”
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PUGH T, MACKENZIE A, WYATT J, HEWITT C, ‘EFFECTS OF GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AIR QUALITY IN URBAN
STREET CANYONS – ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY (2012)
‘GREEN+ BLUE STREETS CAN CUT POLLUTION BY
30%’
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“urban blue + green streets cut pollution & clean the environment”
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FORESTRY COMMISSION UK (2010) ‘THE CASE FOR TREES IN DEVELOPMENT AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT’
**RESIDENTS IN GREEN ENVIRONMENTS WERE 3.3 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO TAKE FREQUENT PHYSICAL EXERCISE’
“a green + blue environment stimulates better physical health”
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HERRERA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS (2008) ‘THE EFFECTS OF
TREES ON STORM WATER RUNOFF
‘URBAN GREEN CAN SLOW DOWN & REDUCE STORM WATER RUNOFF BY UP TO 8%’
*
“urban wetland and permeable surfaces provide flood resilience”
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THOMAS AM, PUGH A, MACKENZIE R, WHYATT JD, (2012)
‘EFFECTIVENESS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE’
(LANCASTER ENVIRONMENT CENTRE)
‘SURFACE TEMPERATURE REDUCED BY 13°C UNDER A MATURE TREE CANOPY’
*
“urban blue + green creates better microclimates, cooling and shade”
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blue + green thinking helping to create liveable cities
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Project
Identification
Design
Development
Options
Appraisal
Financial and
Commercial
Analysis
Detailed
Design and
Construction
Operations and
Maintenance
blue + green + grey thinking“nature-based’
methodology
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New York City | addressing water
quality in New York City
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blue + green + grey New York
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blue + green neighbourhood in Hunter’s Point South, New York
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3rows of Bioswales
on 51st Ave
3,400linear feet new roads,
water and sewer
92enhanced tree pits
33% of sidewalks are
porous pavement
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blue + green + grey retrofit
in New York
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© Arup
blue + green + grey
retrofit in New York
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blue + green + grey retrofit New York
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RainScape Wales | protecting shellfish waters from sewage pollution
in Wales
“DCWW firm to be sentenced for estuary
sewage pollution”
Evening Post
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grey storage solution
Required Storage: 433,000m³
Cost: £600million
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blue + green solutions
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blue + green retrofit solutions in schools
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Before
blue + green + grey retrofit swale in schools
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Before After
blue + green + grey
retrofit downpipe planters
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blue + green + grey stormwater attenuation basins
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blue + green + grey stormwater attenuation planter
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blue + green + grey solution performance
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Conclusions
TNC Goal to develop an informed dialogue with funders on co-optimised blue-green-grey solutions
• Catchment scale modelling essential
• Evaluate blue, green and grey options including ‘nature-based’ thinking
• Learn from pilot studies – monitor and evaluate
• Use economic, social and environmental cost benefit assessment
• Incorporate capital, operational and maintenance costs and issues
• Develop a bench-marking tool
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‘nature-based’ blue-green-grey
infrastructure solutions
Dr Mark FletcherGlobal Water Leader
MILLENIUM PARK CHICAGO