Bayou Greenways
Houston's Bayou Greenways - using swamps for recreation, transportation, social connections, & water regulation
Houston's Bayou Greenways - using swamps for recreation, transportation, social connections, & water regulation
How can infrastructure protect urban areas from extreme weather, while providing other benefits when weather is non-extreme? Indian Bend Wash in Scottsdale Arizona is a 17 km greenbelt that runs through the Phoenix metropolitan area in the SouthWest United States. It is "green infrastructure" designed to provide both flood protection and recreation. Indian Bend Wash is a historic floodplain, which was urbanized in the 20th century. In the late 1960s, development in the floodplain [...]