Green Infrastructure

It's been a rainy winter in many parts of Australia, wreaking havoc on kids' sporting competitions. As mums, it has been frustrating to see so many of our kids' sports matches (and training sessions) canceled because of waterlogged grounds.

Exploration Green can now store half a billion gallons of rainwater. It's one of the ways Houston is turning to green infrastructure to help avoid floods.

The coastal regeneration project aims to plant more than 100 million mangrove trees.

Those with limited access to resources and resilient infrastructure will face the most risks — particularly Black, Hispanic and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities — from flooding and pollution, report says.

When big storms hit, basements fill with stormwater and sewage. But there are steps that you and also government can take to help stay above water.

A case study by SMU Assistant Professor Sayd Randle reveals how the maintenance of green infrastructure can place an extra burden on lower-income marginalized communities.

Take a look at how digital twin technology could help give valuable insight and lessen the impact on wildlife and surrounding environmental ecosystems.

Does the digital sharing economy really reduce harm to the environment? In a recent study, researchers found that food sharing has significant environmental advantages, but that a substantial part of the benefits of online sharing platforms are offset due to the use of the saved money for purposes that are not necessarily green.

Sustainable urban roads and buildings have a better chance of withstanding torrential rains—and long droughts.

Opening up floodplains, enacting building restrictions in flood-prone areas help mitigate the damage caused by a changing climate.

A new nationwide analysis of 122 plans from 20 US cities found that many plans fail to explicitly define green infrastructure. When they do, they tend to focus on stormwater management, favoring engineered facilities over parks and larger urban green spaces. The study is the first systematic review of the use and definition of the green infrastructure concept in US city plans.

Green infrastructure has been embraced as a tool to help cities achieve sustainability and resilience goals while improving the lives of urban residents. How green infrastructure is defined guides the types of projects that cities implement, with enduring impacts to people and the urban environment.

Restoring even a fraction of the Tamaulipan thorn forest could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.

A new analysis provides lessons on how to avoid a water supply crisis or minimize the effects through proactive policies and planning.

As heavy rains overwhelm aging pipes, Boston and NYC are choosing very different paths forward.

It's an open-air classroom and environmental laboratory to help residents, students and even researchers learn about stormwater management and sustainable...

Research out of Drexel University's College of Engineering suggests that over the next two decades people living in the Schuylkill Watershed, which includes Philadelphia, could experience as many as 82 more days of water shortfalls due to localized weather impacts of climate change.

A Federal Emergency Management Agency analysis of New York City's inadequate storm drainage system shows that many urban areas can't handle more intense rainfall

Hours before heavy rains swamped Chicago and Cook County suburbs on July 2, the region's $3.8 billion flood-control project appeared ready as can be to bottle up storm runoff.

Specially designed gardens could reduce the amount of a toxic chemical associated with tires entering our waterways by more than 90 percent, new research shows.