Cupolex - Municipalities

To achieve greater resilience, cities must turn to cost-effective and practical technologies. There is one risk driver that cities have in overabundance but could easily convert into a resilient asset: impervious spaces. Sidewalks, public realms and plazas, streets, bike lanes and park spaces make the DNA of virtually every city. Every year, municipalities budget for the maintenance and repair of impervious spaces and improve or construct new ones. Like editing the DNA to remove a genetic weakness, integrating large-scale stormwater capture under nearly every possible impervious surface can begin to convert how cities behave with water.