The Flood Problem: Resilience through Green Infrastructure

This project is located in the Salford district in the centre of Manchester. The Irwell River traverses this district and the channel changes direction several times in this area, making the site one of the areas with the highest risk of flooding in Manchester. In addition, with climate change, the rainfall in Manchester over the past two years has been much higher than usual. This is due to the frequent occurrence of extreme weather events, causing the risk level of flooding in Salford to escalate. However, the strong demand for housing forced the government to define the nature of the project as residential development. This means that the project must incorporate a solution for the flood problem into the design in order to ensure residential safety. Through extensive research, the most appropriate strategy found is to build a complete drainage system. Specifically, the aim of the project is to combine the drainage system and green infrastructure to form a set of ecological, efficient, safe, and landscape-oriented drainage systems.