Copenhagen: How to flood-proof a city

[@DWPlanetA]

What's it like in your neighbourhood? How does your city cope with cloudbursts?

[@saba1030]

Flood polders around Bremen..

[@yayayayya4731]

Overflowing sewers is how we deal with it lol

[@Liloso1]

kinda a good time to post this video there is a storm in denmark right now and i know from a friend that atleast the harbor in the city haderslev is flooded

[@saba1030]

@@Liloso1 Flensburg is flooded as well...

[@Gabcikovo]

WE have Orava and Gabčíkovo water dams also thanks to my Grandpa Anton Jablonský from Jablonka in Slovakia. You just need to educate miss Caputova and tell her (off) that Gabčíkovo is not Vojany ;) you're welcome. All the best 👍

[@anita4609]

I like how this video was posted on a day there was a big storm with floods in Denmark, it's good to see that we are preparing for these things

[@sebastianorye2702]

Yeah, though, just to be clear, this sponge and grey infrastructure is mostly built for cloud burst. What was experienced in Denmark, was sea flooding due to high winds.

[@stg8831]

We need more of these projects around the world. Thank you

[@Gabcikovo]

5:00 wonderful!

[@Gabcikovo]

5:24

[@ruru6643]

(灬ºωº灬) (✪ω✪)

[@oasis5683]

No 🤣🤣

[@vasilismarkandonis9435]

In Greece some cities including Athens occasionally become lakes and rivers due to heavy rains. And the governments or local authorities do absolutely nothing. Denmark is centuries ahead

[@tajfaa]

Same in Portugal.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

That's socialism for you. Same in Portugal, among others. Tax money goes straight into the pockets of corrupt politicians and their friends.

[@gytan2221]

Scandinavian countries are doing things right, as usual

[@alexuni9217]

mazi sou, alla na anaferw oti mou evgale auto to video sto feed shmera enw plhmmurhsan merh ths Kopegxaghs molis xthes xD kai nai profanws sthn Ellada kathe fora pou vrexei thes varka, den einai kan asteio.

[@jacquesmertens3369]

@@gytan2221 You have never lived there, obviously. They do a few things right, but if you need a doctor or a hospital, good luck. Many Danes or Swedes travel to other European countries to avoid 1 or 2 year waiting lists for very simple procedures. And let's not mention the Thought Police.

[@ArthurOfThePond]

Making the cities greener is the best we can do for the future. It soaks up water during floods, but also cools the city down during droughts.

[@ye9206]

and my favourite: creates an enjoyable, livable city through fantastic spaces to be and hang out in

[@christopherjensen3034]

Yes, but you need more than green areas for the future. Even very green cities will have massive flods ( see Spain and Italy this year 2024. ) soil and grenn can only soak up so much water in a period of time before it becomes mud. So both grey and green is needed. Combined is better.

[@veggieboyultimate]

Redesigning roads is certainly the best way to prevent flooding

[@darth_yoda]

As a person living in Copenhagen I approve of this video :P

[@marzm7050]

The situation in Chennai is chaotic, and only a generous philanthropist who cares about these people can solve the problem by hiring some top-quality researchers to address the issue. inside the gov there is so much corruption going on, its just getting worse every year

[@AndreLeal-u4k]

I'm from Teresina, capital of the state of Piauí, northeast Brazil, one of the hottest cities in the country, where planting trees should be a major concern, but unfortunately, its not. Once in a while, there are eventual floods in some specific places, causing some damage, but nothing yet super catastrophic, but who knows what can happen with increase of global warming. For me, the biggest importance of becoming a sponge city here is to increase the levels of groundwater, to support plants during the dry season, which is very hot, and its becoming worse. Here is close to a semi-arid region, and I'm afraid it becomes a desert in a few decades. Future is dark.

[@Gabcikovo]

Have hope! The future of Brazil can and will be bright!

[@AndreLeal-u4k]

@@Gabcikovo I try do do my part, increasing infiltration of rainwater in my house, planting a lot of fruit trees, using solar panels, recycling, buying less, using less car, voting in the less worse politicians, but I dont see much change coming from others. Here in Brazil, Lula is way less worse than Bolsonaro, but far from ideal. Also, we have an awful Congress, mostly right to alt-right. The municipal administration of Teresina is going from bad to worse, terrible public transport, sinalization, sidewalks, arborization, public healthcare services, education... And the prospects of the next mayor to be elected in 2024 are not good either

[@Hansen710]

@@AndreLeal-u4k no matter if you live in brazil or denmark, you will feel the goverment is kind of working against you... i dont vote, i just try to do my best.. part of what is making it hard is our representive democracy where we vote on some actor opinion every now and then thinngs move so fast today, so both you and the person you voted for yestoday, will probetly have anothor opinion tommorow... in a representive democracy votes can be gained by hate, unlike a real or direct democracy we created hitler putin and trump in representive democracy´s, a rtepresentiv democracy can be ruled by a dictator, it does not insure any form of democracy or freedom, compared to real or direct deemocracy.. only fw countrys have tried in in a smal scal (with big succes) but even there the polititians still want their paycheck

[@PLuMUK54]

I live between two rivers. One is up on a plateau, the other in a valley. Many years ago, coming up to fifty years, both were adapted for flood management. On the plateau, a very long, linear park, around eight kilometres of grassland, woodland, and a few pools, was created. This allows for the area immediately around the river to flood, without damage to the nearby buildings. This water is then either allowed to soak into the ground slowly or be dispersed by the river. In the valley, the river passes through a more built-up area. A variety of solutions have been used, including flood meadows where possible, but also, and less attractively, the canalisation of the river to allow large quantities of water to be delivered to where the flood plain is still free of buildings. This river, being in the valley, has to cope with far more water and has not been fully successful in mitigating floods. The main problem is that this river shares the valley with the railway, a canal, a motorway, and a major road. As a result, there is less land available for large-scale projects. The plateau river has not had major flood damage since the changes were implemented. Even the less successful changes to the valley river have protected a huge amount of infrastructure, and, despite a lot of rain this year, there has been no flooding, so perhaps they have finally solved the last problems.

[@LuEmanuel]

I live on a mountain in Southern Quebec, Canada. The township government built small ponds that receive the flow of water from the ditches that run down beside the steep roads of the mountain. This slows the water and prevents flooding further down the mountain. The township also built berms of stones in some of the ditches. This also slows the water flow. However, many people like to live very high up on the mountain so they can have a nice view. This means more roads going higher up and with very steep gradient on the roads. The township has a good strategy - building these small ponds that take the excess water, but sometimes even they overflow. This leads to flooding downstream.

[@runningfromabear8354]

I wish the town closest to us would do something. We're across the Quebec border/Ottawa River with views of the Laurentian mountains in Northern Ontario and deal with flooding every spring. The federal government rebuilt a bunch of houses due to flooding a few years ago but I don't see the town doing anything to prevent another catastrophe. It's not if, it's when. The town has been told by the feds that no one's coming to bail them out next time, just rescue from floodwaters but no rebuild. Some locals don't believe them due to some critical infrastructure that goes beyond the town to the rest of the province. Fortunately, I live on the top of the other side of the valley. When they flood, they cut off supplies, so we keep a couple of months food, water and supplies. No federal or provincial money is coming for anything but housing. So they're building more housing up the hill, but zero plans for the flooding. At least because of where my house is, it doesn't impact my home insurance or anything. I'm still amazed by the lack of foresight over the dams from rivers emptying into the Ottawa river from the Ontario side. Some of it unmanaged from the early 20th century and built by civilians. One of those dams collapses and we'll see the knock on effect to other dams. Anyone living along the Ottawa River, Ontario or Quebec could have a very, very bad day. I see houses built along the shoreline and either they have no idea or they're insane.

[@thomasnengres4093]

Very interesting documentary. Leaving in Copenhagen and having experienced the flood episodes of the past 15 years you can indeed notice the city changing slowly to adapt to this new reality even though it has not been advertised as much as one could have expected.

[@wehrabooslayer419]

Damn. I have lived in Copenhagen my whole life without knowing all this. However i think that one of the reasons why few people have actually complained about the flood prevention being built, is because I noticed that many of the places you have been standing also happens to be just above the M3 and M4 metro tunnels, which was also opened recently, and boy, have the construction of those gotten a lot of complaints.

[@kamma2859]

Oh, hey, I used to live right near that roundabout. They've done a lot to green up the city.

[@linedegl4966]

lol, the timing. we're currently storming away again and having floods all throughout the country..

[@somerandomfella]

Who would've thought that green is better than concrete 🙄

[@natep6729]

Did you even watch the whole thing? Green is not enough. They still need grey infrastructure to balance it

[@RichardCox0]

Well then go live in a grass or whatever

[@ChokyoDK]

Thank you for highlighting this. Huge rainwater pipes has also been dug underground north of Copenhagen a few years ago.

[@nickmwihia441]

My city bought one motorboat and a couple of life jackets and publicized it as the best disaster management for the predicted "el-nino" rains😂

[@marcusthelegend]

I realized that this was posted right when a big storm surge hit the southern part of Denmark, and while all of these things might prevent excess rain, it won't stop flooding.

[@a.westenholz4032]

Well, it can't prevent flooding anywhere but Copenhagen. Sure this is a Danish effort in the Danish capital, and the storm did hit Denmark, but unless it hits Copenhagen this project isn't going to make any difference to the amount flooding either way. But honestly I don't recall there being the kind of floods in Copenhagen in the last 5 years or so that seemed to happen almost once a year for the decade before then. Maybe it hasn't rained as much in recent years, though I doubt it, or maybe this project works.

[@Hansen710]

​@@a.westenholz4032 the flooding plans is not in this video, they will prevent alot of flooding when the sea level rises... the inner harbor will be closed of to the sea for example... (so i guess the pipes you see in this video that gets rid of their water there, will have to be extended all the way to the sea over time if we dont want to create a flooding on the days with high water levels and lots of rain)

[@daelynn1725]

In South Florida, we actually have the Water Management District, and it controls all the waterways, canals and lakes. When a hurricane comes through, most of the water is able to disperse within 10 hours. There's pump houses and dams, and everything is monitored to see where the levels are highest. That's why you never see pictures of a hurricane days after in Florida because we are good at mitigating most of it 😅

[@corydaddydoras]

Did nothing in 2023 floods this year as overwhelmed Ft. LADUDERDALE as we and hundreds others lost our houses and possessions to the floods...which took 5 days to recede in many neighborhoods .Florida has and continues to build roads on porous limestone flatland and reclaim everglades and natural river estuaries. 😅 the weight of tall buildings is collapsing the soft and porous limestone and each seaside flood inland and through failing aquifers threatens the water supply of 5 million people. South florida is the epitome 👌 of man-made disaster and unregulated capitalist expansion and destruction---all its bandaids as mentioned are like glue on a giant dam's house sized hole.. ya we're good at mitigating it.... 😂

[@jaymeskuriah]

I hope countries in the world will adopt such measures. We need leaders who will allocate proper resources and manpower for such infrastructure... Watching from Kenya, Africa

[@Soren015]

While I'm sure the water-quality in the Copenhagen harbour is good enough for swimming year-round, if you are swimming through the year, you're made of sterner stuff than me.

[@anotherelvis]

There is a sauna-club in Islands Brygge, so you can get heated up again.

[@mikk5829]

Was this video planned? Because we just had a huge flood in most of southern Denmark yesterday..

[@darth_yoda]

Yeah my mom lives 10km from Rødvig havn and saw first hand how bad it was down there the day after when she went to visit one of her friends in that town.

[@liljepolak8565]

To be fair, Rødvig is pretty small, and they don't have a designated flood management system or committee

[@darth_yoda]

@@liljepolak8565 even flood management system wouldn't have been much use when the water reaches historic heights.

[@JanBruunAndersen]

​@@liljepolak8565 - the damage in Rødvig was due to the storm blowing sea water in huge waves into the harbour area, smashing piers and infrastructure around the harbour.

[@tailund3508]

I love in Copenhagen, in an apartment building which I believe was the first to implement these strategies. Our backyard was changed from concrete to mainly green areas, with rain being directed from our roofs into ponds. The system has worked so well. Apart from a recent cloud burst which flooded a few basements, we have not experienced any rain water damage since implementation.

[@quippy8402]

Excellent! The best content is always geopolitics-neutral and propaganda-neutral.

[@Fbeadg]

Good to see that other European cities are catching up on flood prevention infrastructure.

[@Zorroxyz123]

Este é o caminho para as cidades brasileiras terem menos inundações, e menos graves.

[@sarcasmo57]

Flooded last year, now it's drought. Brisbane Australia.

[@Zemaj]

Yeah, well large swathes of Australia simply shouldn’t be inhabited, let alone developed, at all. But good luck trying to explain that to people.

[@catprog]

@@Zemaj Were do you put the people who are currently their?

[@robertdouglas8895]

Regardless whether climate is drastically changing, increasing absorption of moisture helps nearly all living things.

[@saimandebbarma]

Answer : Proper planning ! ☝️

[@Zaabut]

Thank you so much. This has helped broaden my understanding of sponge cities. I'm from Port Harcourt in Nigeria, where pluvial flood (surface water flood) is becoming a recurring problem. This is further exacerbated by urbanization, indiscriminate dumping of refuse in drainages, use of impervious floor finishes for exterior spaces, and building over natural waterways, the list is endless. Cheers

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[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Rain is getting more intense.

[@HusnaFazalAhmed]

Creative solutions for the climate change applying Green and Grey infrastructure is very interesting

[@vader94]

In Mumbai we have inflatable Raft in our apartments. This is a mandatory house hold item

[@surters]

OMGZ at least your somewhat prepared as opposed to many other places.

[@Srt092]

0:05 So what you're saying is we've found an effective way to kill city rats?

[@saranbhatia8809]

Great solution great sense green n grey infrastructure sounds promising!

[@nevarran]

Kudos to the Danes.

[@adriaandoelman2577]

Who got a lot of the ideas from the…?

[@nevarran]

@@adriaandoelman2577 Well, whoever they got the ideas from, kudos to them as well.

[@TheSkystrider]

Awesome pink jacket 😊

[@freeheeler09]

It’ll be interesting to see how the second year of an El Niño jibes with our already rapidly rising global temperatures and the tremendous amount of solar energy being absorbed by seawater as a result of the recent tremendous loss of sea ice we’ve seen in the Arctic.

[@TIGERZY2K]

Who would say that Copenhagen the capital city of Denmark is 7 centuries old...it's flood water management system is not less modern than a brand new smart city.

[@shindousan]

Watching this from Porto Alegre during a historic flood event here in 2024.

[@kevindruce8915]

Thanks, very interesting. I will share with the community as we have had flooding.

[@floopyboo]

Where I am they're building walls to protect rich people's recreation facilities while the poor people's homes flood up to the second level of the house.

[@DWPlanetA]

Where are you at? 😶

[@swatisharma9006]

Great initiative! Agree even if worse than what’s planned for happens, we would still reduce the loss from flooding. Wish the tunnels also were built in direction of inland cities to transport and store water. It might not be a water scarce area but if future suggests drops in total precipitation then it would help; rather than diverting it to the sea.

[@kristianemilpaludan1653]

The "mainland" in Copenhagen is actually an island (Zealand), and there are not really any inland cities to transport the water to. Moreover, the total precipitation is projected to increase locally in Denmark, so I don't think they would appreciate the extra water ; )

[@Luredreier]

Scandinavia in general expect a increase in precipitation I'm afraid. Although there might be changed in exactly *where* that precipitation falls, and in its form, as rain might replace snow, and glaciers might not hold water anymore once they've melted away. We've *definitely* had a increase in precipitation here in Norway...

[@doodlePimp]

Normally I would agree but Denmark is a unique case when it comes to the availability of clean drinking water. There is a combination of a fortunate underground natural filtration (Sandstone I think) that leads to large replenishing deposits of clean water and legal restrictions placed on farmers for how much they can spray their fields. I've read the result is that the water that comes out of the tap in Denmark usually is cleaner than bottled water you can buy in stores.

[@rasmusirlind8829]

tell the flood how high the rent is in copenhagen then it'll stay away

[@AAC42069]

as a person who lives in copenhagen. my basement is currently flooded

[@DWPlanetA]

Hey there! Oh no, sorry to hear that! Hope you are okay. Do you feel like the management of heavy rainwater and flooding improved over the last years in Copenhagen?

[@Yesnoyesno720]

i love my city!!

[@fionuala7]

Some brilliant suggestions here. There are a few cities here in Ireland that need to start thinking about this. But as funding is centralized I can't see much happening until cities like Cork, Limerick, and Galway are nearly under water. Too late then.

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[@akanephysic]

Malaysia we got smart tunnel which redirect excess water

[@sheetalyadav4219]

3:57 the green and grey infrastructure .. the more green.. the smaller grey..

[@the_tribalist]

Thank you for taking action on climate change! Your efforts to raise awareness and advocate for positive change are invaluable. Let's continue to work together to address this urgent global issue. 🌍💚 #ClimateAction

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[@MagusMik]

Rebuild some wetlands to have good water sinks

[@christopherellis2663]

Timişoara RO excess water drains into the Bega Canal. We once were a marsh. The cyclists don't think that Zona Pietonala applies to them, and many cycleway are on what were footpaths. It becomes unsafe to walk. I have been to København and saw what happened there. No forethought

[@Simpaulme]

Excellent coverage 👍

[@Jakob_DK]

In Copenhagen the city will use all available dirt until 2070 to build a peninsula into the sea at the deepest place. This prevents dikes from being built and with major parts at 1.9 m or 2.0 m and storm in 2011 at 1.83 m it really does not take much more.

[@ylette]

What's it like where I live? I live in Copenhagen, so you just showed it.

[@Chickeeenz]

Meanwhile in another part of Denmark we actively pump water from a natural lake area, making it livable and farmable. That water goes into a canal which leads to the ocean.. Guess what happens when heavy rainfall gets pumped into the canal from one side and strong winds push the ocean into it from the other side. Yes, 15-20% of the city gets lakeside views. In fall 2023 I had a colleague whose house got a foot of flood water and sewage. The canal hasn’t been at its normal water height in over a year. Tl;dr danish capital tries to save large city. Rural area won’t stop actively drowning itself.

[@TheRunpoker]

very interesting

[@adamsterdam9049]

wasnt expecting CPh, plesantly suprised!

[@Sebbos]

i wouldn't call sankt kjelds plads busy, kind of a "dead" spot in the city. that roundabout never made any sense

[@dennisroland5654]

I didn't hear one comment about the rise in sea levels. How will Denmark be affected?

[@DWPlanetA]

Hey Dennis! Yes, Copenhagen is affected by sea level rise. Better rainwater management is also important with regards to rising sea levels and therefore more frequent flooding. Another measure that Copenhagen is taking is building an artificial island to shield the city from rising sea levels.

[@kaspernielsen9149]

Copenhagen is also removing green area to build houses on, so we are not completely holy

[@ye9206]

Which land are you referring to?

[@pancake5830]

expansion is still important

[@kaspernielsen9149]

@@ye9206 Amager fælled, is a great example. old DSB area that used to be a LOT greener before it was build upon

[@hansmarheim7620]

Danes are smart people.

[@onYTsince2008]

Do I have eyes for "fine details"? lol. Did the video editor forget to colour grade the video? 🤣 See 08:19 vs 08:21

[@haraldkjrgensen2255]

My city is doing exactly that I live in København

[@Myriel67]

You should think about that 40 years ago when a word pollution became trend!!! Not now when it’s too late!!

[@theromanorder]

Ah, thats why my city centre is never flooded dispite weaker flood drain, Were called the garden city, so all our green life is drinking it all up

[@thiagoaufy4443]

Imagine if we could collect most of that rain water if not almost all of it. If we collected it such that our cities never flood and then we could use that water more efficiently.

[@Hansen710]

so we are going to collect all the sea water you ay, im in.. but where will the fish live then

[@Kakker71]

Rain water is not the same as sea water. It comes from the sea yes, but is not salt water, so the idea of collecting it and use it for irrigation is not bad. Too much normal drinking water is used for situations, where rain water would do the trick.@@Hansen710

[@pancake5830]

dirty as hell and unreliable, we get enough from our groundwater anyway.

[@declanmathon7656]

I'm declan.mahon from Ireland 🇮🇪 Dublin .12.crumlin area of South side of Dublin. I was just wondering and thinking about how can it be done. You said it yourself try building big tunnels that hopefully will help soke up a lot of water that's floods up and just destroys anything that's not tied down.good look and I feel sorry for all yous locals thay want to be building much more good and bigger flood gates or the going to have to build something that's it .not your own fault or that you have lost so much all them shops cafes cleans clothes etc big money to the people who like everyone loved and lost ill say a prayer for yous all get behind all help everyone all look after yourself first good night to all God bless you all have a good night sleep look its hard enough to sleep I now wot its like spiceal trying to sleep i am a bad sleeper still am same problem now but worse so I'm on a sleep error.

[@michaeloreilly657]

Sleep tight, Declan.

[@kauevampiro7186]

it surprises me that they didn't talked about Tokyo

[@LupusRinart]

In my city, our regional authority plans to build a 25000 square meters non permeable concrete 'bicycle highway' right into the green natural minor bed of the river that killed 39 and destroyed everything in its path on July 15th 2021. So that when it happens again, the concrete bike highway will be transformed into tons of deadly rubble being swept away at an 80 km per hour speed by the raging tsunami. They did officially inform us yesterday and said that the plans cannot and will not be modified, because 'it's the only place where the new infrastructure can be build'. The many 50+ year old trees that will be cut down on a 5 km stretch of river banks (and that now serve as a 'fresh oasis' during heatwaves) will be replaced by some 'new resilient low grass species', though. And the road foundation will be firmly attached to the historical sewer system in place, build in the river bed too. Adapting to climate change is an urgent matter that concerns each and everyone of us. Unfortunately, some decisions are still based on political agendas, rather than the actual reality. And if the reality commands to change political plans, it is simply denied, putting the risk on ordinary people day in, day out. Your broadcast shows that the 'still more concrete' approach can and should be avoided (even in the case of more concrete for biking purposes). Thank you for that.

[@simeonrasmussen4110]

Sang that place you were in the begining is just besides My School

[@fizhee]

Why the fuck within the first minute do you go TO THE EXACT PLACE I LIVE. It was so weird i did not expect that, normally this part of copenhagen doesnt get much tv time haha

[@Quantum-Bullet]

Rain flood, what about raising water level?

[@DWPlanetA]

Hey there! Better rainwater management is also important with regards to rising sea levels and therefore more frequent flooding. Another measure that Copenhagen is taking is building an artificial island to shield the city from rising sea levels.

[@carlmller4769]

To anyone who thinks this is crazy, check out what they are doing in tokyo

[@ariadgaia5932]

"Sponginess"... 😆 I love it! 🤣

[@meandyousomeofusfortwo]

shes so cute. also yeah def learned a lot about flood prevention lol

[@aeoleaburwell7247]

Reporter been watching Stop Making Sense?

[@roxjeruben]

Denmark trying to be like the Netherlands, as usual

[@Jormunguandr]

My city is on a hill so floods flows to other cities 😅

[@rangels5474]

🎉

[@alvinwestmanholm1858]

Uhh my city it swhen its flooded they swim in the trainstat!ion

[@owenernst7768]

The whole netherlands is built like this lol.

[@Claude_van]

Isn’t Scandinavia rising? Asking for a friend.🤔

[@doodlePimp]

Yeah it is. Scandinavia is still adjusting from the heavy ice sheet that once covered the area. Copenhagen is currently rising at about the same pace the sea levels are. Stockholm is rising even faster IIRC. However this flooding system is build to deal with flooding caused by rain.

[@faze_hamsa6967]

0:56

[@YoJesusMorales]

Now, how to deal with possible spread of mosquitoes with all the ponds.

[@bmolitor615]

they drain away duuuh

[@ye9206]

I haven't seen a single mosquito in the last 6 months in Copenhagen.

[@YoJesusMorales]

Well I was speaking more on the concept than the city itself. How do you use this in places where mosquitoes are a huge problem causing disease?

[@bmolitor615]

@@YoJesusMorales well, you might consider for the future typing what you actually mean. [and btw, I don't actually believe for a minute that you were enquiring about "mosquito control in other countries", you were just being a smarty-pants and now yer trying to pivot]. Like I said... this type of temporary system DRAINS AWAY, can you not read... and in other places where they do have standing water tables so high that still water is everywhere and mosquitoes grow in that water, this type of system would not work and would not be deployed. In those countries. They often stock the standing water with fish that they then harvest and eat. Just one example. They have thought about this.

[@ATKDesignWork]

yeah they did it in the rich part of the city :(

[@a.westenholz4032]

?? I don't think you're familiar with Copenhagen at all. None of the areas shown are known for being "rich", those are all farther to the north and weren't part of this project at all. Though nowhere in Copenhagen is cheap...

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

God ''Hold my beer'' Not so long ago, a vast splash of rain landed in NW Australia, for over a month the Fitzroy River flowed like never seen before So vast was this flow, it could have easily supplied the whole of Europe for an entire year No work of man can ever manage that flow.

[@bzdtemp]

Still, measures put in place to deal with flooding would minimize damage. As seen in the video lots can be done and on top of that, one can also make sure to plan for it happening when choosing where to build and how to build.

[@rappscallion3238]

So your plan is basically "do nothing"? What a defeatist attitude.

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

@@rappscallion3238 Clearly you are 100% clueless to what a swollen river thumping 60,000 cubic metres per second is? For context the Amazon River which is larger than the next 16 largest rivers combined flows at 200,000 cubic metres per second To this very day, humans have still not built a bridge across it. In full flood it's 100 miles wide. The Fitzroy was only a baby 20 miles wide for 3 days. You seem to be the Clues around here, show the idiots how to stop these rivers from flooding, cheers

[@MarioHdFN]

I from denmark

[@SuperOvidiuMihai]

The narrator has a strong Indian accent

[@celeste1461]

Why is this relevant?

[@zzzorel5170]

flood-proof my ass just this month the metro was closed because the tunnels were flooded.

[@Byrro-edits]

Perhaps tax incentives/ disincentives to help maintain existing true green. Houses are still paving driveways for 2 or more cars and putting down artificial grass. A tax on this to help fund the additional strain on flood water run off etc. may help.

[@hellewellejus2895]

No one in Denmark would ever ever use artificial grass in their garden. I think that is exclusively American 😂

[@jpsion]

copenhagen isnt a rainy city? all these terraforming isnt green strategy fyi.

[@rip_centis]

who was forced to come here for geography homework👇

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[@nikolasruffet1072]

Well, yesterday the whole city flooded hahaha

[@peterwille8239]

ja lol

[@DWPlanetA]

Hey Nikolas! Oh no, sorry to hear that! Hope you are fine! Do you live in Copenhagen yourself? And do you feel like the measures help?

[@lancedavidson615]

Everyone loves trees right?😝😝😝

[@celeste1461]

Well yeah, studies have shown trees can communicate via electrical signals through the roots with one another. Trees are pretty cool

[@Techgeek002]

One piece chapter flooding 😂

[@strangerpainter]

Hans tavsens park is an example of residents who dont want to change their neighbourhood, and i hope that the planners involved, changed their design. Many residents felt like it was an uneccesary expensive upgrade for a project that most people prefer to keep as it is. You dont need to remodel and entire park to improve on resilience for flooding.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

Cities are not comparable. Amsterdam and Copenhagen maybe flat and lowlying, but they get uniform precipitation throughout the year, which is mostly low intensity drizzle for 90% of November -December. And 80% for rest of the year. This is not comprable with torrential monsoon downpours of Mumbai or Jakarta. They get same amount of rainfall in a week that Copenhagen gets in a year.

[@KenKobayashiRasmussen]

That is absolutely true, but it would also be strange to spend all that money to prepare for a monsoon, when we don't get them in Copenhagen. But Tokyo just build a system like in copenhagen, and it is designed for monsoons and enormous amounts of rain.

[@val-schaeffer1117]

@@KenKobayashiRasmussen It is not to question Copenhagen. I am sure it is perfectly designed for the situation there. Just that the video is falsely suggesting Copenhagen solution to be mimicked for vast sprawling cities in tropical and equitorial regions.

[@ocadioan]

@@val-schaeffer1117 Parts of it probably can, but like all such things, you need to design for your local conditions. Adding ideas and experiences to the pool of shared knowledge simply allows planners to better understand which parts can be useful for their local issues. As an example, the playgrounds idea can either alleviate the issues directly, or be modified to be the collection points that other smaller systems lead rainwater into, which you can then have a single large water pipe leading away from.

[@123asds]

Also the channels in Copenhagen themselves, act like easy highways for the water to return to the sea and away from the city. This will also not be the case for many cities. @@val-schaeffer1117

[@vusiradu5681]

All of you don't understand the word Armageddon means why GOD created heaven and earth with human element nature that need to be obtained by people on earth.