with ?️ James Murray, MGSDP Manager at the Glasgow City Council  
? the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership (MGSDP) thinks about and manages rainfall to end uncontrolled flooding and improve water quality.

What we covered:

? How the Glasgow Region built upon the 2002 flood to turn its water management approach on its head 
? How they decided to leverage nature-based solutions and sustainable urban drainage systems
? How you can't put nature in a box, and what that implies when it comes to NBS 
?  The perks and pitfalls of Blue-Green approaches 
?  How confusing it can be to understand the meaning behind a return period of "once in a century"
?️ How climate change affects the frequency and intensity of meteorological events
? How Nature-Based Solutions come with a wealth of welcome side effects: improving mental health, fostering biodiversity, limiting urban heat, or enhancing the air quality 
? How a smart approach enhances the overall system by feeding it the right data
? How Sustainable Drainage can create tensions over land use, and what to do to overcome those
? Glasgow's long ball game, adapting regulations, COP 26, public education... and much more!
? ... and of course, we concluded with the ????? ???? ????????? ? 

➡️ Find the summary of this trilogy, around the #UnitedNations #Innovate4Cities Conference here: https://dww.show/innovate4cities/

➡️ Get the Full Story (including an infographic and full transcript) here: https://dww.show/how-to-manage-flooding-and-improve-water-quality-without-steel-concrete-and-hard-engineering/