Examples of Green Infrastructure

 Here are some photos of the green infrastructure I spotted during the ICFM9 conference in Japan.

Green parks

 

Green walkways

 

Green walls

There is even a weather stations in the park in Roppongi, on the roof of the mall:

Presentation at the International Flood Management Conference

Today I presented at the ICFM9 in Tsukuba, Japan. Aside from our extended abstract, I also introduced the LILa - Green Infrastructure where we will gather more data on energy and water tradeoffs of green roofs and walls.

I was also very happy and proud to see my former PhD supervisor, Professor Kuniyoshi Takeuchi, get a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to flood risk management. I highly recommend his new book, Integrated Flood Risk Management, basic concepts and the Japanese Experience, for showing how to apply the concepts of disaster risk management to flood hazards in Japan. It is an amalgamation of our studies in Japan at ICHARM.

Overall it was too short! I would like to return soon for more research discussions on how to implement solutions on urban scales to help reduce the impacts of climate change, and see what the different challenges are in different countries.

Week of the circular economy

6-11 February is the Dutch week of the circular economy. This is related to our LILa-GI as we attempt to make our design as circular as possible. Did you know that life cycle assessments of green roofs show using recycled material leads to less emissions over the life time of green roofs? More results on this to follow at our workshop in April.