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AIPH Green City Briefing: Sustainable water management with urban planting
17 June 2025 , 10:00 am - 11:00 am BST Online
Sustainable water management with urban planting
Water issues related to drought and flooding are already a significant impact of climate change, with traditional engineering solutions commonly overwhelmed.
Discover ways in which nature can help safeguard resources and protect city residents from flood risk.
This Briefing will feature the winner of the ‘Living Green for Water’ category of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024 – Joondalup, Australia. The city won for its ‘Climate Change Strategy’. Find out more.
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Programme
Introduction by MC Dr Bruno Marques, President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects
Presentation by Zac Tudor, Associate Director at Arup.
Presentation by Michael Hamling from the City of Joondalup, Australia, which won the ‘Living Green for Water’ category of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024. With support from Danielle Bowler, Environmental Development Coordinator, and Rebecca Maccario, Manager of Strategic Organisational Development
Q&A
MC: Dr Bruno Marques
Dr Bruno Marques is a registered landscape architect and educator. He completed his Landscape Architecture studies at the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and Berlin Technical University (Germany), followed by his PhD studies at the University of Otago (New Zealand). Bruno has practised in Germany, Estonia, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, having an extensive portfolio of built projects. During the past ten years at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, he has developed a comprehensive research agenda to embrace the formulation of frameworks on landscape rehabilitation, cultural landscapes, place-making and Indigenous community health and wellbeing. He is currently the Associate Dean for the Faculty of Architecture and Design Innovation and the President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).
Zac Tudor
Zac’s creative work has been founded around 27 years of leading the practical application of beautiful urban landscapes. As a leading Landscape Architect his focus is on designing healthy resilient towns and cities, which includes the award-winning Grey to Green schemes that build sustainability and climate change resilience into the streets and spaces of Sheffield. He uses research based urban greening, blue infrastructure, and multifunctional design approaches to create adaptive urban centres that help benefit and bring together people and nature. His design leadership embraces a collaborative and practical approach between disciplines that helps balance the benefits for a water sensitive landscapes that fully considers the value of place and embraces nature recovery.
Michael Hamling
Michael’s current portfolio includes the capital improvements and maintenance of 588 ha of parks, 530 ha of natural areas and city streetscapes. Possessing qualifications in horticulture, leadership, turf and project management, with over 40 years’ experience in local government Michael works on a diverse range of park and natural area projects, service level agreements and organisation restructures.