The urban heat island effect may be more acutely felt in deprived areas – a Manchester-based project focused on urban greening to reduce these effects.
Case study category: Case studies
Planting trees to cool an urban environment
Incorporating adaptation into technical guidance
CIBSE have taken steps to take climate change into consideration in their technical guidance in order to build the capacity of their members’ profession.
Low-cost measures increase resilience to flooding in a rural area
Following severe flooding in October 2008, Devon County Council invested in cost effective solutions to increase local resilience to future such events.
Surface water management in an industrial regeneration scheme
A Surface Water Management Plan has been drawn up for a regeneration area in Cornwall.
Helping an organic farm to understand the impacts of climate change
UKCIP carried out a climate change impacts audit of the farm to help them understand the potential threats and opportunities that climate change will bring to their business.
Integrating adaptation into regeneration projects
Integrating climate change adaptation into two regeneration projects – Barking Riverside & Barking Town Centre.
Using a risk framework in adapting a regeneration site
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council and English Partnerships developed a plan for a large mixed use development on old industrial, derelict and under-used land in Bilston.
Research into local vulnerabilities in agriculture
Vale of Evesham worked with Cranfield University, funded by the Environment Agency, on a study to assess the impacts of climate change on outdoor horticultural production.
River catchment management to reduce flood risk
Local communities and agencies formed the Parrett Catchment Project (PCP) in 2000 to address the issue of flooding now, rather than storing up problems for the future.