RESILIENT AND
INCLUSIVE CITIES LAB

Nature Based Solutions for Urban Water Management
Project 1: Monitoring Water Sensitive Urban Design performance
Summary:
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This project aims to explore the potential of a low-cost water sensor in monitoring work.
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Its performance was compared with a traditional water sensor.
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Low-cost sensor showed good accuracy.
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With acceptable accuracy and affordability, the low-cost sensor is worth for further testing and use in monitoring.
Project leads: Perrine Hamel (Principal Investigator), Ding Ning (PhD student)
Publication: Ding,N., Hamel.,P., Zhu,Q., Cherqui,F., Bertrand-Krajewski, J.L. (2022)

Project 2: Nature-based solutions for flood risk
Summary:
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Deforestation and unplanned development increase flood risk.
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This project aims to understand the conditions needed to mitigate the risks and incorporate them into urban planning.
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Research is advanced in modelling riverine flooding in response to changes in land management and flood exposure & risk.
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Current work focuses on a case study in the Chindwin Basin, Myanmar.
Publications:
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Hamel, P. and Tan, L. (2021) Blue–Green Infrastructure for Flood and Water Quality Management in Southeast Asia: Evidence and Knowledge Gaps
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Lallemant, D., Hamel, P., et al. (2021): Nature-Based Solutions for Riverine Flood Risk Reduction: Modeling framework and case study in the Chindwin basin, Myanmar