Recent extreme weather events have once again raised debate about the best ways to ensure resilient and affordable stormwater management. Meanwhile, Patricia Moore reports that water sensitive urban design will become a more mainstream practice when the tangible benefits are better analysed and communicated.
Forget the grey – think...
A small piece of open land on Whangaparaoa Peninsula, north of Auckland, serves the very different needs of a community, ecologists and council’s stormwater management responsibilities.
It isn’t always easy to balance a growing city’s need for increased housing density with the desire to provide recreational amenities for those...
Young Opus engineer Jules Scott-Hansen says one of the biggest challenges for her generation may not lie in building new assets but in looking after what we already have. Christchurch's Land Drainage Recovery Programme marks a significant step in that direction.
Asset management puts me to sleep” was the blunt response I got from one...
In March this year Auckland city was hit with a deluge and the council’s stormwater network was put to the test. Alan Titchall reviews the council’s future flood prevention plans as its unitary development is put into effect.
You can’t blame climate change for Cyclone Debbie back in March. NIWA research shows that the northern...
Developing a green infrastructure policy for the Auckland Council stormwater unit: In the first of a new series of technical briefings we highlight a paper presented at the recent 2016 Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference in Nelson.
Authors: Ian Mayhew (4Sight Consulting); Wolfgang Kanz & Claudia Hellberg (both Auckland Council...
