Museum as a Model of Sustainable Design

In previous issues of the Green Buildings Magazine we wrote about the Rules of Resilient Design, developed in the form of an online guide by the American Society of Landscape Architects, ASLA. These recommendations should help people to protect themselves from natural disasters and other unexpected climatic events. Flooding is the most frequently occurring natural disaster globally. Flooding displaced more than 32.4 million people in 2012, and from 1975 to 2000 flooding claimed 170,000 lives globally.

Flooding of human settlements has always been a hazard, but risk drivers such as climate change and the location and expansion of cities, coupled with their reliance on impervious surfaces, means floods are impacting more people in more places with greater cost to life and property.

There are a few common causes of flooding: tidal events; storm surges or heavy rain; or sea level rise. In urban areas, expanses of impervious surfaces, like traditional roofs, streets, and parking lots, further exacerbate flooding. Excess water can then easily overwhelm outdated combined sewer and stormwater management systems, creating major problems for water quality. And long-term, incremental sea-level rise makes all of this even worse, and, on its own, means big changes for coastal communities.

 Materials provided by AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

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