NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS

GREEN SOLUTIONS

GREEN ROOFS

In urbanised areas, green roofs have several benefits, providing biodiversity and habitat, as well as reducing flooding issues. GREEN WALLS

Green walls or facades act as vertical systems integrating green with the streets, reducing air and noicse pollution; it also helps with keeping the building cool. COMMUNITY GARDENS

Community gardens are great way to implement nature based solutions along with participatory urbanism, increasing awareness amongst the community.

URBAN FORESTS

The aim of implementing urban forests is to cool down the city. They act as green corridors, reducing air/noise pollution, impacting the well being of the community. GREEN TRAMWAYS

Green tramways provide an opportunity to replace concrete materials with green cover, in turn reducing heat and flooding issues, adding an aesthetic value to the city. Tree plantation can be beneficial at a macro as well as micro scale, help increase the biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Horticulture, along with food production, has an educational purpose.

AGROFORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE

BLUE SOLUTIONS

WATER RETENTION PONDS

Densely vegetated areas that collect and filter stormwater as it percolates tthrough different layers. They can be used in small sites and highly urbanised spaces, as well as areas that have little permeable surface.

INFILTRATION TRENCHES

Shallow excavations covered with rubble or stone that enhance the natural ability of soil to drain water. They can be used near playing fields, recreational areas or public open spaces BIOSWALES

Bioswales are multi-layered, vegetated ditches that collect, slow down and filter surface runoff water and reduce the pressure on traditional sewage systems. They can be used along car parks, roads, pedestrian and bicycle routes, public spaces. Densely vegetated areas that collect and filter stormwater as it percolates through different layers. They can be used in small sites and highly urbanised spaces, as well as areas that have little permeable surface.

RAINGARDENS

Garden of native shrubs, perennials, and flowers planted in a small depression. They reduce the flow rate, total quantity, and pollutant load of runoff from impervious urban areas like roofs, driveways, walkways, parking lots, and compacted lawn areas BIORETENTION BASINS

WET/DRY PUBLIC SPACES

Multiuse spaces that acts as community spaces during dry seasons and during rainy seasons they act as water plazzas.