Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
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This show provides actionable advice and case studies on:
- Sustainable urban design and placemaking principles.
- How to design cities and neighbourhoods for biodiversity net gain and wildlife.
- Climate adaptation: How to build resilience to climate change in cities.
- Net zero carbon masterplanning and architecture.
- Circular economy: How to minimise waste and emissions in new development.
- Transport: How to transition cities away to sustainable and active travel.
- Regenerative Design: Delivering positive benefits for the environment and communities.
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The Green Urbanist podcast is hosted by Ross O'Ceallaigh, an urban designer and sustainable placemaking consultant.
Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience
My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss:
- 'Rewilding Enfield' - rewilding urban streets, parks and rivers.
- Nature-based flood resilience and sustainable drainage versus traditional engineering.
- Reintroducing beavers to London.
- The benefits of conservation livestock grazing in parks and green belt.
- Advice for others who want to take an urban rewilding approach.
Learn more about the Enfield beavers
Learn more about the conservation grazing project
This is part 3 of the Urban Rewilding series.
Listen to part 1 here:
#102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver Project
Listen to part 2 here:
#105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)
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