🌊Integrated Flood & Coastal Resilience Systems

• In Vejle, the Membrane concept shows how coastal protection can be redesigned through adaptive, nature-based strategies that absorb storm surges while creating new public spaces and ecological value along the waterfront.
• Norfolk’s Coastal Risk Management Project combines natural buffers, engineered barriers and deep community engagement to reduce coastal flooding across vulnerable neighbourhoods. The project aligns long-term infrastructure investment with environmental restoration across the shoreline.
• In Glasgow, the Smart Canal system uses predictive modelling and automated water-level controls to create dynamic stormwater storage. This reduces flood risk and enables regeneration in areas that were previously limited by drainage constraints.

Together, these examples illustrate how cities are integrating engineering, ecology and digital technology to build adaptive systems that protect people, infrastructure and ecosystems.

Flooding and coastal hazards are accelerating as sea levels rise and storms intensify. Integrated systems allow cities to combine hard infrastructure with ecosystem functions and real-time operations, increasing flexibility and reducing residual risk. These systems also support wider urban goals by improving public space, enabling development and restoring natural environments.