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06Aug 2021
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What lies beneath? Using infiltration SuDS on potentially contaminated brownfield land

Darren Beriro and Chris Jackson, British Geological Survey   [Download the PDF]   Urban infiltration   With predicted increases in the intensity of rainfall events under future climate, there is, of course, a need to reduce flood risk by ‘slowing …

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12Jan 2021
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Maximising the health and wellbeing benefits of blue and green infrastructure in post-COVID cities; incorporating a healthcare agenda

Anna Kenyon, Lecturer in Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Central Lancashire, akenyon10@uclan.ac.uk   It is well known that many types of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and blue-green infrastructure (BGI) can deliver multifunctional benefit to local communities, including health and wellbeing …

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28Jan 2019
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The Blue-Green Path to Urban Flood Resilience

Emily O’Donnell, Nottingham University   Overcoming barriers to the widespread implementation of blue-green infrastructure and SuDS is challenging, particularly as many are systematic and embedded within organisational cultures, processes, policy and practices. Nonetheless there are many examples in the UK …

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