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Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability
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Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability (FLOWS)
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Definition:
Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability (FLOWS)
- A North Sea Region Interreg III Project with Cambridge County Council as UK partner
- Developing Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) for housing developments
- Camborne a new town between Cambridge and Huntingdon off the A14 includes a demonstration of Sustainable Urban Drainage system consisting of Sedum roof to garden shed, permeable pavement to road and pavement, swales and balancing ponds, retention ponds and settlement ponds.
- This installation is limited to one small estate of say 100 properties amongst 1000s in Camborne.
Relevance to Sustainable Construction:
Opinion:
This installation is limited to one small estate of say 100 properties amongst 1000s in Camborne.
It has not been adopted by any of the other estates, built at the same time.
Developers cannot be persuaded to adopt SuDS or FLOWS, without requirements from Development Control.
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
5th January 2014 – 14th January 2017
Flows Jargon Buster
Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability (FLOWS)
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
5th January 2014 – 14th January 2017
Flows Jargon Buster
Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability (FLOWS)
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
5th January 2014 – 14th January 2017
