MIT team release design guidelines as solution for urban storm flooding

A rendering of Los Angeles depicts green space and wetlands as envisioned by the MIT team. Image: Jonah Susskind

Flooding, on the rise due to climate change, can devastate urban areas and result in drawn-out, costly repairs. Cities are in dire need of new strategies to manage the influx of stormwater. An interdisciplinary team of engineers and urban planners at MIT has now developed a solution: multifunctional urban stormwater wetlands and ponds that seamlessly integrate the control and cleaning of stormwater with ecological and recreational benefits.

Remodeling of an abandoned courtyard, before and after..

some years later..