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Inland Basins Lagos: Water Squares, Blue Strhey’re not “high groeets, and a City That Designs Where the Rain Goes
2026-02-07 14:48 Most Lagos flooding that residents experience day-to-day is pluvial: intense rainfall overwhelms drainage, water ponds in low spots, and streets become rivers. Lagos’ adaptation framing notes flat ter...
Lagoon Edge Lagos: Living Shorelines, Tidal Parks, and “Room for the Creeks”
2026-01-30 14:52 If the Atlantic edge is Lagos’ shield, the lagoon edge is its circulatory system: creeks, wetlands, tidal channels, ferry routes, fisheries, and waterfront neighbourhoods. Lagos State is described as ...
Oceanfront Lagos: Designing the Atlantic Edge as a “Surge Landscape”
2026-01-22 14:34 Lagos’ oceanfront isn’t a single line—it’s a long, low ribbon of sand and barrier land that separates the Atlantic from a web of lagoons, creeks, and wetlands. Much of the state sits on a predominantl...
Designing Lagos to live with water: landscape architecture moves for floods and storm surges
2026-01-16 13:53 Lagos has always been a water city. It sits on a low-lying coastal plain stitched together by the Atlantic Ocean, barrier islands, creeks, and the Lagos Lagoon. That geography powers trade, culture, a...
Urban design for healthy, resilient, sustainable cities (and what landscape architecture teaches us)
2026-01-10 16:16 Cities are where health, climate, and everyday life collide. A well-designed town can make it easy to walk to school, meet a friend in a shady park, cycle to work without fear, and stay cool during a ...
Designing at the Edge: Materials and Planting for Coastal Landscapes
2025-12-15 11:26 Introduction – Reading the Coastal Brief Stand on a coastal site for ten minutes and you get a full project briefing without a word being spoken. Salt rides in on the wind. Sand moves constantly. Soi...

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