Transforming sinking cities to fight floods

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The city of Ernakulam(Kochi) has rapidly developed over the past half-century and now faces critical resilience issues due to threats of climate change. The city lies at the sea mouth of seven major rivers which start from the Western Ghats and travel through Kerala’s midlands, lowlands and coastal areas, to drain out into the Arabian Sea.. As an effective drainage system has helped seasonal flooding and cycles of monsoon rain; today, these have been paved over by urban development. Now, the city of water, Ernakulam is no longer the porous landscape: there is minimal green space and excessive construction. In recent years, Kochi has experienced increased flooding and rising temperatures and struggles with water management. The lack of permeable surface in the urban landscape and an effective drainage system compounds these issues. The Kochi metropolitan region faces great climate resilience issues. Much of Kochi lies at the sea level, and the city along with the suburbs span an area of around 440 km²., threatened by rising seas, storm surge, and heavy seasonal and monsoon rain. The city is frequently inundated with severe flooding during the rainy season. The problem is slow and silent. Kochi is sinking. The establishment of this park leads the direction away from finance and commerce and towards a better quality of life and using big plots of land as productive public green space to contribute back to the city ecology and serve as a much needed green oasis for mallus. ……………………………………………………….. A critical piece of green infrastructure should be designed to mitigate detrimental ecological issues and add much-needed outdoor public space to the god’s own country The Park can be designed to face future uncertainties of climate change. The park addresses major environmental issues facing Bangkok as a rapidly-developed, hard paved city: water management and the urban heat island effect. The design and environmental effects of the park reach beyond its boundaries into the surrounding neighborhood: a pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly road extends beyond the park in both directions, linking major roadways directly to the park’s walkways, and water from neighboring areas is treated by the park’s filtration system. Located on a large university campus in central Bangkok, close to residential, entertainment and major retail facilities, The Centenary Park is a showcase for the ecological and social impacts of landscape architecture in dense urban areas.

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