EPISODE · Mar 11, 2025 · 57 MIN
#108: (WILD) Rewilding for Urban Flood Resilience
from Green Urbanist - Sustainable Placemaking, Planning and Urban Design
My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss:'Rewilding Enfield' - rewilding urban streets, parks and rivers.Nature-based flood resilience and sustainable drainage versus traditional engineering.Reintroducing beavers to London.The benefits of conservation livestock grazing in parks and green belt.Advice for others who want to take an urban rewilding approach.Learn more about the Enfield beaversLearn more about the conservation grazing projectThis is part 3 of the Urban Rewilding series.Listen to part 1 here: #102: (WILD) Rewilding Urban Parks with Lost Species - Sean McCormack, Ealing Beaver ProjectListen to part 2 here: #105: (WILD) Wilding the City, with Sophie Thompson (LDA Design)- - -Subscribe to the Green Urbanist NewsletterPodcast WebsiteWork TogetherGet in touchUrban Wilding HubGatherMap - Interactive crowdsource mapping toolThe Green Urbanist podcast is created by Ross O'Ceallaigh.
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My guests on this episode are Ian Russell and Jamie Kukadia from the watercourses team at London Borough of Enfield. We discuss: 'Rewilding Enfield' - rewilding urban streets, parks and rivers.Nature-based flood resilience and sustainable drainage versus traditional engineering.Reintroducing beavers to London.The benefits of conservation livestock grazing in parks and green belt.Advice for others who want to take an urban rewilding approach.Learn more about the Enfield beavers Learn more abou...
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