Nine teams have presented their final design to make specific areas in San Francisco more resilient to sea level rise, severe storms, floods and earthquakes, reports the Dutch Water Sector.
The teams made their final design public during a special meeting in San Francisco, USA, on 17 and 18 May.
In 2017, the design challenge started off with over 30 international teams of which 10 got 250.000 dollars each to further develop their ideas.
Several ideas concerned the restoration of creeks that flow into the bay, to restore water front and to create space in up-hill areas to store rainwater. Now, a year later, the final design concepts are ready to be shared.
Dutch participation
The three projects with Dutch participation are: