Peninsula Paddle 2014

Connecting the City via its waterways

2010

Kader Asmal Integrated Catchment Management Project: 2012

6.00am at the start

Sunday 8 June

7.25am Marina da Gama

Fantastic interest in the paddle –

Had to restrict numbers to 80!

A connecting node along the waterways

Using the media to get two important messages:

A. We are all connected to the waterways

B. The waterways cane be used to transform the City

Sybrand Park: another connecting node along the

waterways

Coarse-scale environmental context

Societal patterns and processes

Changes in human perceptions and attitudes

Changes in ecological conditions

Land use

Ecological patterns and processes

A B

C

D

EF

G

HIJ

KL

Environmental ContextDrainage routes;Rainfall volumes;

Catchment imperviousness;Infiltration and evaporation rates;Filtration and buffering capacity

Societal Patterns & ProcessesDesign and management decisions;

Public safety requirements;Institutional structures;Policy and regulations;

Norms of behavior

Land UseConventional drainage technology vs. Sustainable drainage systems

Ecological Patterns & ProcessesRunoff delivery routes;

Runoff volume and flow patterns;Contaminant loads

Changes in Ecological ConditionsAltered hydrograph;Poor water quality

Ecological degradation

Changes in Perceptions & AttitudesExperience of drainage infrastructure;

Awareness of drainage design;Concern for urban rivers;

Awareness of personal impacts

A B

C

D

EF

G

HIJ

KL

The SIXTH paddle – Sunday 7th June 2015