urban green spaces

The Metro Manila Flood Management Project aims to improve flood management in selected areas of Metro Manila. Key components include modernizing drainage systems, minimizing solid waste in waterways, supporting participatory housing and resettlement, and enhancing project management and coordination. These efforts focus on reducing flood risks and improving living conditions in flood-prone areas.

The Medium Cities Development Project aims to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services in Lao Cai City, Phu Ly City, and Vinh City, Vietnam. Key components include upgrading basic infrastructure, improving water supply and sanitation, constructing roads and bridges, and providing technical support for project management. These initiatives enhance urban services sustainably and efficiently.

The Maputo Urban Transformation Project aims to strengthen urban management, promote sustainable economic growth, and enhance resilience in Maputo municipality. Key components include infrastructure upgrades, improved drainage systems, and capacity building for urban planning. These initiatives focus on building resilience and fostering economic opportunities.

The proposed Project has drawn on international best practices such as “working with nature”.

The project will have an important components on using NbS for erosion, flood risk reduction, and landslide control. This will largely include increasing green spaces, revegeation, and use of microretention areas.

The project will use green infrastructure, such as green roofs and green spaces to reduce energy consumption, but also reduce flooding.

This component aimed at empowering municipalities, residents, and community groups to actively engage in urban flood risk reduction measures and adaptation to climate change through piloting the development and implementation of participatory urban community investments and an awareness raising and communication campaign. It supported the participation of community members in urban flood risk management and small-scale pilot investments aimed at the rehabilitation and maintenance of natural or artificial retention basins and/or urban wetlands allowing for natural runoff.

The project will use green roofs for public buildings to reduce urban heat island effect.

The project will use green solutions may also be trialed to remove pollution, such as introducing flood retention areas (ponds or wetlands) with recreational amenities, establishing green corridor parks, and introducing permeable paving to encourage infiltration or bioretention areas with enhanced vegetation and filtration.

Project preparation advance (PPA) enabled the Freetown City Council (FCC) in partner with CBOs to plant and grow 225,000 trees in 48 reforestation areas across Freetown. Phase 1 of the tree planting has been completed and created 550 short term-jobs, especially for youth, women and other vulnerable groups affected by the economic impact of COVID-19. Phase 2 will focus on tree monitoring to ensure a high tree survival rate and knowledge development based on lessons learned for further capacity building.