Resilient blue-green infrastructures

The overall goal of the module is to design and plan functioning blue and green infrastructures, which not only improve urban water efficiency and reduce flooding, but also support local food production, mitigate heat island effects, increase water pollution control, recreation, biodiversity, and ultimately provide jobs for and a higher life quality of citizens. By securing and/or introducing these nature-based (green) stormwater managements (blue) in the urban fabric, we expect the hinterlands to become more resilient to climate change and population growth.
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Co-designing a blue-green future for the settlement system of Antananarivo

Much of the world's urbanisation is occurring in the hinterlands of cities. Infrastructure development is, however, not keeping up with the rapid and mostly unplanned changes. This has resulted in an increasing number of urban dwellers living in under-​served areas and may ultimately lead to a global infrastructure crisis.

Many communities compensate by relying on local waterways and green areas to meet basic needs including food, water, sanitation, and recreational spaces. While blue and green infrastructures are increasingly recognised as necessary strategies to relieve the lack of infrastructures, they are not sufficiently seen as assets worth building and maintaining in the fabric of fast-​changing cities and their hinterlands.

The overall goal of the Resilient Blue-​Green Infrastructures module is thus to design and plan feasible blue and green infrastructures that would not only improve urban water efficiency and reduce flooding. They would also support local food production, mitigate heat island effects, improve water pollution control, provide recreation, promote biodiversity, provide jobs for citizens, and ultimately, improve the quality of life for citizens.

By reinforcing and/or introducing these nature-​based (green) storm water management (blue) in the urban fabric, the hinterlands could become more resilient to climate change and population growth.

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