{"id":6460,"date":"2012-01-17T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T10:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6460"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:59","slug":"requiring-roof-gardens-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/17\/requiring-roof-gardens-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Requiring Roof Gardens in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6461\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/17\/requiring-roof-gardens-in-singapore\/rooftop-garden-with-scarecrow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rooftop Garden with Scarecrow\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rooftop garden with scarecrow&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow-300x201.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6461\" title=\"Rooftop Garden with Scarecrow\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow.jpg\" alt=\"Rooftop garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>After last year&#8217;s severe flooding in Singapore, an expert panel was formed to examine drainage design and flood prevention measures. Last week, they revealed their findings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUrbanization has undoubtedly led to an increase in storm water run-off in Singapore. There is therefore a strong argument for introducing measures to mitigate the effects of such urbanization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The twelve-member panel looked at improving Singapore&#8217;s drain infrastructure, but decided it would be too expensive and disruptive.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the panel recommends slowing rainwater runoff at the source on new construction. Older buildings might be retrofitted with these measures. Recommendations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>storage tanks \u2013 cisterns would catch rain as it runs off roofs<\/li>\n<li>rain gardens \u2013 a <a title=\"Plant a Rain Garden to Fight Water Pollution from Urban Runoff\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/04\/24\/plant-a-rain-garden-to-fight-water-pollution-from-urban-runoff\/\">shallow depression containing plants designed to catch runoff and pollutants<\/a><\/li>\n<li>roof-top gardens \u2013 a garden on the roof of a building, which can be decorative or agricultural<\/li>\n<li>porous pavements \u2013 sidewalks, streets, and <a title=\"EPA Testing Permeable Surfaces for Green Parking Lots\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2009\/11\/24\/epa-testing-permeable-surfaces-green-parking-lots\/\">parking lots paved with a permeable material<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the same time, some development of infrastructure is recommended, just not citywide. Diversion canals, storage tanks along drains, drain capacity improvements, and flood barriers are being looked at.<\/p>\n<p>In recent decades, more rain has been falling on Singapore with increasing frequency and intensity. With five million people living in Singapore, flood control and prevention is important.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rooftop Garden with Scarecrow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=rooftop+garden&amp;photos=on&amp;search_group=&amp;horizontal=on&amp;orient=&amp;search_cat=&amp;searchtermx=&amp;photographer_name=&amp;people_gender=&amp;people_age=&amp;people_ethnicity=&amp;people_number=&amp;commercial_ok=&amp;color=&amp;show_color_wheel=1#id=76850794&amp;src=16fdb326a37e053f4d5eb01efaaa9466-1-4\" target=\"_blank\">Rooftop garden<\/a> photo via Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After last year&#8217;s severe flooding in Singapore, an expert panel was formed to examine drainage design and flood prevention measures. Last week, they revealed their findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[8,16,25],"tags":[2854,1059,1704,1760,1768,1851,1987,2068],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Rooftop-Garden-with-Scarecrow.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6460"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6460"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}