Highlights of the IGNITION project
Gain insight into Greater Manchester’s IGNITION project, developing a replicable approach to planning and evaluating urban SuDS retrofit.
Background
Since 2019, the IGNITION project has explored how Greater Manchester can accelerate the delivery of urban nature-based solutions to build a climate resilient city-region. Supported by the Urban Innovations Actions Fund, the project brought together twelve partners from local government, universities, NGOs and business to develop pathways to accelerate public-private investment nature-based solutions.
One strand of the project focused on collaborative investment approaches to tackling urban surface water flooding by:
- Identifying hotspots for multi-partner investment in urban SuDS retrofit
- Piloting the development of an urban SuDS neighbourhood including:
- Developing conceptual SuDS designs
- Modelling potential benefits to receiving sewer networks and surface water flood risk
- Estimate of likely scheme costs
- Building a multi-partner business case
- Testing a replicable methodology for the adaptation of sewer models to represent SuDS.
This webinar, hosted by CIRIA's susdrain community, will present an overview of the IGNITION project and then provide a deep dive into the SuDS neighbourhood pilot focusing on the planning, modelling and impact evaluation of retrofit SuDS neighbourhood in Walkden, Salford.
Why attend
- Understand the challenges, opportunities and guidance available to stakeholders looking to develop a robust business case for investment in nature-based solutions
- Learn about the IGNITION evidence repository of existing and emerging evidence on the performance and potential economic, environmental and social benefits and Living Lab at the University of Salford.
- Gain insight into developing SuDS retrofit solutions and business cases.
- Understand the options available for modelling SuDS benefits linked to stakeholder business case development.
- Earn valuable CPD.
Who should attend
- Local authorities
- Sewerage Undertakers
- Environmental regulators
- Consultants
- Researchers
- SuDS designers
- Environmental organisations
- susdrain partners and supporters
When
Wednesday 25 May 2022
11:00 – 12:30
Programme
11:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Louise Walker, Senior Research Manager, CIRIA
11:05 IGNITION: Accelerating the delivery of urban nature-based solutions in
Greater Manchester
Matt Ellis, Climate Resilience Lead, Environment Agency
11:15 Retrofit SuDS: planning, conceptual design and cost estimation
Phil Williams, Technical Director, The Environmental Protection Group
11:40 SuDS retrofit modelling methods and outcomes
Bridget Woods Ballard, Technical Director, HR Wallingford
12:05 Interactive discussion and Q&A
12:25 Closing remarks
Fees
susdrain partners and supporters Free to attend
CIRIA members Free to attend
Non-members Free to attend
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