#367 Nature Based Solutions: The End of Grey Engineering
Engineering Matters

#367 Nature Based Solutions: The End of Grey Engineering

May 21, 202636 min

For decades, infrastructure design has relied on ‘grey’ engineering: concrete flood walls, steel structures and rigid systems designed to control the environment. But with climate pressures intensifying, engineers are increasingly looking to work with nature rather than against it. This episode looks at the growing role of nature-based solutions in building climate-resilient infrastructure that can help manage flood risk, restore ecosystems, improve biodiversity and create more resilient communities. Nature itself should be considered critical infrastructure and an entire generation educated to undertake work differently to that which has been done before. Guests H...

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