Resilient Cities: Greening Innovations in Cambodia Taber Hand, PhD - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

CITY FOR ALL Resilient Cities: Greening Innovations in Cambodia Taber Hand, PhD Wetlands Work, Ltd. <TABER@WETLANDS.WORK> 27 November 2018

SIMPLE GREEN INNOVATIONS STREET TREES! LIVING WALLS CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS LANDSCAPE-SCALE RESERVOIRS

STREET TREES

STREET 240

‘NO TREE’ STREET

BENEFITS � economic, aesthetic and human health Higher property re-sale value Human health - calmness (lower blood pressure), more willingness to smile & greet people Physical - lower temperature (shading & leaf evapo- transpiration), slows rainfall run-off & cools local area longer. Better AQ: less dust & diesel particulates, less ozone more oxygen; slower material degradation, lower high frequency noise (car horns)

BOOK ON PHNOM PENH STREET TREES WITH MAPPED LOCATIONS

IDEA # 1 TREE Planters

LIVING WALLS IDEA # 2

The YELLOW TOWER

KANTHA BOPHA, PHNOM PENH

BENEFITS OF LIVING WALLS A---moderated temperature effect –and less energy usage —inside the building due to the living wall’s shadow presence and evaporative cooling effect B---local ambient air quality enhancement due to plant-air interactions – from pollutant capture, dust capture, oxygen release, etc. C--local ambient temperature reduction due to evapo-transpiration effects and reduction of building surface area’s heat gain (i.e., less ‘heat island effect’)

URBAN/PERI-URBAN WASTEWATER THE FACTORY, PHNOM PENH TREATMENT USING WW! CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS Idea # 3

IDEA # 4 – COMBINE LIVING WALLS WITH SANITATION BY CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS

COMBINED LIVING WALL WITH CONSTRUCTED WETLAND WW TRTMT #1

COMBINED LIVING WALL WITH CONSTRUCTED WETLAND WW TRTMT #2

BENEFITS 1. treatment of wastewater on-site rather than dumping raw sewage into a river 2. conservation of groundwater 3. beneficial fertilizing effect of treated water nutrients for the living wall plants 4. aesthetic value of building and small polishing pond on landscaped grounds 5. habitat and biodiversity elements of polishing pond with it’s safe water and ecotone ‘edge-effect’

MORE BENEFITS! 6. …and biodiversity on the living wall’s surface area – birds, butterflies and bees 7. potential for carbon sequestration, or reduction of carbon footprint

IDEA # 5 LANDSCAPE SCALE RESERVOIRS

TAIWAN

WEST BARAY, ANGKORIAN ERA

BEFORE

AFTER

ANYTHING !!

CREATE MASTER PLANS -ZONING- & -BUILDING CODES- -ORDINANCES- PLANS PROVI DE GUI DANCE FOR sustainable I NFRASTRUCTURE AND long term PRI VATE I NVESTMENT

THANK YOU! “PLAN AHEAD” ! TABER HAND WETLANDS WORK!, LTD.