Kelly Gunnell

Biodiversity and Ecology

KCL

KCL

Conservation International

Dr Dave Hole

Cities will be where the impacts of climate change will be most acutely experienced. For some cities, these impacts will be increased surface water flooding due to increased precipitation and runoff. Understanding how green infrastructure, both in the city and in rural regions, can contribute to mitigating floods is crucially important for managing the risks of climate change. This project will take an ecosystem services approach to map and model the role of green infrastructure in the flow of flood risk mitigation to the world’s cities from their upstream catchments. First I’ll examine current conditions and then scenarios under various projections of climate and land use change. The outcomes of this project will aid urban planners, city authorities and governments to determine: i) where and how much new green infrastructure to install, and ii) which existing green infrastructure and landscape features need to be preserved or expanded, in order to help respond to climate change impacts on cities.

The outcomes of this project will aid urban planners, city authorities and governments to determine: i) where and how much new green infrastructure to install, and ii) which existing green infrastructure and landscape features need to be preserved or expanded, in order to help respond to climate change impacts on cities.

• International Waters Network Graduate Fellowship – International Waters Network – University of British Colombia
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• Kelly Gunnell, Mark Mulligan, Robert A.Francis, David G.Hole (2019) Evaluating natural infrastructure for flood management within the watersheds of selected global cities Science of the Total Environment DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.212