WRA IX

The con­fe­rence “Water City — Water as an Asset” addres­ses the incre­asing importance of rain­wa­ter as a valuable resour­ce in cities in the face of hea­vy rain­fall and drought. Floo­ding and pro­lon­ged dry peri­ods are incre­asing­ly pro­ble­ma­tic in Euro­pean cities. In Pol­and, fre­quent rain­fall cau­ses mil­li­ons of dol­lars in dama­ge, while ari­di­ty puts a strain on green spaces and resi­dents’ health.

His­to­ri­cal­ly, rivers were con­side­red a bles­sing, and cities were plan­ned with water in mind. In Ger­ma­ny, “water-sen­si­ti­ve urban deve­lo­p­ment” incor­po­ra­tes effi­ci­ent water resour­ce manage­ment into plan­ning to make cities more resi­li­ent to cli­ma­te chan­ge. The con­fe­rence will dis­cuss mea­su­res such as rain­wa­ter sto­rage via green roofs, redu­cing sea­led sur­faces and res­to­ring water­cour­ses. The objec­ti­ve is to rai­se awa­re­ness among city offi­ci­als and resi­dents to adopt a water-sen­si­ti­ve mind­set.

Loca­ti­on: SARP ul. Fok­sal 2 Wars­za­wa
Date: 26.10.2018