Water as Leverage- Setting the scene for a call for action

Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities Asia
Setting the Scene for a Call for Action
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The Philippines
Mexico, Mexico City
Manila Pasig River
Rehabilitation Project
Affordable technical solutions and community awareness,
starting upstream, one street at a time, created
incremental, noticeable positive effects on the quality of
the Pasig River tributaries, as well as on Manila’s total
flood resistance, public health, and even crime rate.
www.prrc.gov.ph
Towards a Water
Sensitive
By considering its history and by acquiring a deeper
understanding of its current hydrological condition, it
is possible to explore possibilities for the recovery of a
water balance in the city. In order to do so, a regional
system analysis was vital to understand how the water
cycle currently works and to discover how it could work
optimally in the future.
www.deltares.nl/app/uploads/2018/01/20160629_
WS-CDMX_final-version-report-smsize.pdf
Turkey, Istanbul
The Netherlands
IABR Test Site
Arnavutköy
Traditionally, the Turkish hill country was inhabited
upstream, while the lower areas were used for agriculture,
water and nature. By further compacting the historical
urban fabric on the higher areas, opportunities arise to
reorganize the existing water system for the entire city.
The water of the lake is first used by the city, after which
it can drain and be reused by agriculture. Afterwards, the
water is purified in a natural way before it returns to the
lake.
Room for the River
For this natural flood-protection strategy, over 30 areas
in the Rhine and Meuse delta had to adapt their land use
to allow temporary flooding – and simultaneously make
space for qualitative landscapes, recreation, and the local
economy. Local governments that could come up with
a better alternative while still meeting the requirements
were offered support by the central authorities to work
towards an inclusive, broadly supported plan.
iabr.nl/en/test_site/test-site-istanbul-540
www.ruimtevoorderivier.nl/english/
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