THE MAGIC PROJECT

Mobilising Adaptation: Governance of Infrastructure through Coproduction

‘Mobilising Adaptation: Governance of Infrastructure through Coproduction’ (MAGIC) will demonstrate and evaluate a community led approach to reducing flood risk, whilst providing opportunities for urban residents to improve their health and well-being, through better engagement with blue/green space. We will do this via a case study of the flood-vulnerable region around Hull. Landscape interventions such as raintanks, ponds, raingardens, swales (designed ditches) provide additional water storage and slow run-off after heavy rain, thus reducing the risk of flooding. This is especially true if numerous features can be embedded in one area to provide additional flood storage. Flood authorities know that climate change requires more storage, but to date they have been reluctant to fit such features, due to insufficient public land and the complexity of operating/maintaining diverse features across a city.