Green Infrastructure, Groundwater and the Sustainable City
February 9, 2015
In early November 2014, I had the pleasure of attending a lecture titled ‘Green Infrastructure, Groundwater and the Sustainable City’ given by Professor Larry Band, who is Voit Gilmore Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina and Visiting Professor, Chinese Academy of Science. The …
Life Cycle Costs of Blue-Green Infrastructure
December 5, 2014
Life Cycle Costing (LCC) or Whole Life Costing (WLC) is a discipline that aims to identify and manage the costs of a product or service by taking into account all cashflows throughout its life. Costs are typically grouped into capital and operational costs, meaning those that are incurred before an asset is operational (typically design …
International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD) 2014, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
September 25, 2014
To be in a room filled with like-minded, enthusiastic, interested researchers here just to discuss SuDS (sustainable urban drainage systems), WSUD (water sensitive urban design) and urban drainage was a privilege During 5 days over 500 urban drainage specialists delved into the details, dynamics, processes, implications, consequences and benefits of WSUD and integrated urban water management …
Clean Water for All research in Newcastle March 2014; What Multi-Disciplinary Work Looks Like
July 16, 2014
Guest blogger Maya Jarrad‘s (Reed College, Oregon) take on Clean Water for All and Blue-Green Cities research experienced as part of co-location working in Newcastle and an exciting site visit. “For me, the strongest take-away from the intensive week-long collaboration period in Newcastle was watching the many researchers explore the SuDS (Sustainable Drainage Systems), human-made …
Nick Mount talks drainage in São Paulo, Brazil (audio blog)
January 31, 2014
Presenting the first Blue-Green Cities audio blog! Emily Lawson and Nick Mount (School of Geography, University of Nottingham) discuss the current drainage structure in São Paulo, Brazil, and potential for future implementation measures to reduce the flood risk and transform the character of the city while delivering multiple benefits to the region. Go to audio blog. …
My Research… Sangaralingam Ahilan
January 16, 2014
This first blog post by Sangaralingam Ahilan from the University of Leeds will give some insight into his academic background, his role in the Blue-Green Cities Research Project and what he has been working on recently. Ahilan has a civil engineering background and was awarded his primary degree from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, …
Welcome to the new Blue-Green Cities blog!
August 8, 2013
This is the new blog site for the Blue-Green Cities Research Project…testing, testing, testing! In the past few weeks I (Emily Lawson, researcher at the University of Nottingham) have learn several new skills; how to create a website (using CMS Contensis), how to create a intranet page, and now, how to set up a blog. …
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