Urban green-blue grids for sustainable and resilient cities

Themes

Water challenge
Heavier rainfall asks for readdressing urban water management
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Tanner Spring Park, Portland © atelier GROENBLAUW
Heat
More urban green keeps the city cooler
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Garden roof in Stuttgart, Germany © Optigroen
Biodiversity
There is more biodiversity in a city than most people expect.
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Bees using small holes as a nesting place © Albert Dijkhuizen
Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture brings us closer to our sources.
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Villa Augustus, Dordrecht, The Netherlands © atelier GROENBLAUW, Amar Sjauw En Wa
Air quality
Well-designed green structures enhance urban ventilation.
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Waterfront Vancouver © Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
Energy
There is still much unused potential in sustainable decentralized urban energy and heat production.
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‘Das Sonnenschiff’, the solar ship © Rolf Disch Solar Architecture, Freiburg, Germany
The social and economic importance of green and blue areas
In sustainable neighbourhoods people on average are healthier and children play outside more often.
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Tanner Spring Park, Portland © atelier GROENBLAUW
Process
A sustainable and climate-proof city requires multi-discilplinary collaboration
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“Another world is plantable!”, Guerilla Gardening in Berlin © Rosa Rose

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