Hong Kong: a promenade to protect against storms

Considering the debate surrounding the extent of rising water levels due to climate change, this growing risk can be taken into account at a very early stage of development projects, specifically in their urban planning and architectural aspects. Rather than just adapting existing facilities to cope with more significant environmental challenges, this resilience strategy offers the opportunity to create brand-new spaces, taking into account the increasingly extreme climate phenomenon. Likewise, in Hong Kong, the Victoria Dockside project uses techniques and materials to increase resilience. 

This good practice also includes objective 1.1 (Including joint City Port measures to prevent inundation and flooding of the port and connecting infrastructure in strategic planning documents, and through a suitable land management policy) of the AIVP’s 2030 Agenda.