New technical brief highlights impact of urban stream daylighting for climate adaptation and mitigation

A new technical brief from the Waterloo Climate Institute led by Luna Khirfan is showcasing lessons from Seoul’s Cheonggyecheon and Zürich’s Bachkonzept to explore the potential urban stream daylighting – the practice of uncovering culverted streams and restoring them to the surface – as a nature-based solution. Using two very different international cases, the brief offers implementation and policy precedents that can help address current gaps in Canadian practice.

Read The Conversation article: Many cities buried urban streams. Here’s how to bring them back.