Build4People is thrilled to announce the publication of the Planning and Design Guideline “Blue-Green Infrastructure“ in Khmer language. This tangible output is a key component of the B4P Transformation Toolbox. Co-publisher is the Cambodian Institute for Urban Studies, who also accomplished the valuable translation work from English into Khmer.
This innovative guideline publication is the result of several years of intensive transdisciplinary collaboration. It particularly builds upon the learnings from the successful Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab series format, which – based on a real case study site at Phnom Penh’s rapidly urbanizing Chbar Ambov District – explored alternative visions of sustainable urban development. Thereby, Build4People was able to bring together multiple stakeholders from the sphere of national and local state, the corporate sector, such as renowned local property development companies, international donor funded projects, and various local institutions of local academia.
The Blue-Green Infrastructure Guideline is richly illustrated and contains various locally adapted solutions to foster interconnected systems that blend vegetation with water features and that reduce urban heat islands, creating multifunctional spaces capable of addressing urban environmental challenges while enhancing community resilience and well-being.
Our particular thanks go to Steven Petit, based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, creative director of OMGEVING, a renowned Belgian design office for landscape architecture and urbanism and his co-worker Ms Ngoc Le. Together with Nuria Roig from Eble Messerschmidt Partner Architects and Urban Planners (EMP), Tübingen, Germany, they wrote the sup-chapter Neighbourhood Blue-Green Infrastructure. Equal thanks go to the staff of the Institute of Climate and Energy Concepts (INKEK) responsible for the sub-chapter Climate-Sensitive Urban Design.
Authors:
- Song Le, OMGEVING
- Steven Petit, OMGEVING
- Nuria Roig, EMP
- Dr. Janalisa Hahne, INKEK
- Prof. Dr. Lutz Katzschner, INKEK
- Dr. Sebastian Kupski, INKEK
Reviewers
- Michael Waibel, Department of Geography, University of Hildesheim, Germany
- Tep Makathy, General Director of CIUS
- Rolf Messerschmidt, CEO of Eble Messerschmidt Partner, Tübingen, Germany
- Bunleng Se, Assistant Professor at Royal University of Phnom Penh
- Nyda Chhinh, Assistant Professor at Royal University of Phnom Penh
Finally, our acknowledgement goes to the staff of Eble Messerschmidt Partner Architects and Urban Planners PartGmbB who developed the overall concept and graphic design of this guideline with logistic support from Build4People’s consortium lead at Hildesheim University.
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Link to B4P Snapshot Interview featuring the guideline’s lead author Steven Petit explaining about the approach of the Guideline “Blue-Green Infrastructure”