Science Partnership for Global Change Education
Solution
Flooding and Droughts
While there is no quick fix to the multitude of climate change impacts, there are an amazing array of ideas being explored to help us adapt to the changes that climate change brings and mitigate future impacts. We hope this section is a beacon of hope within a tough subject.
Bringing climate change issues into your classroom can be daunting since there are so many devastating ways we are affected. Wherever we look, the news about climate and weather is dire and catastrophic. Highlighting solutions and actions we can take as individuals or as a society helps change the narrative and emotions about climate change.
Our goal in this section is to provide inspiration and hope for ourselves and our students. We can solve this! And here are some things that are being done or some amazing ideas that are being researched. We hope you share these ideas with your student to empower them to be part of the solution.
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Aerial view of Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, Bangkok, Thailand
Flood Adaptation by Urban Design
Many parts of the world are experiencing increased precipitation extremes such as tropical regions, which are receiving more drastic downpours resulting in flooding. Although there is not much that can change this trend in the immediate future, we can build cities to absorb more water and reduce run off that creates catastrophic flooding. One innovative example can be seen in Bangkok, Thailand, which has been experiencing increased flood as farmland gets converted to urban impermeable surfaces.
Here is a tour of the Chulalongkorn Centenary Park, which was designed in 2017 to fight flooding in a sinking city. Beneath this 11 acre park is a holding tank that stores 1 million gallons of rainwater that drains into the porous surface of the park.
More cities are using this strategy for reducing urban flooding.
Check it out. Click here for a video highlighting some of the park’s flood mitigating features.