NbS park, is that viable?

I noticed the following article on the following park. This park is located in Sungai Pinji, Ipoh, Perak. A nature based solution park.

The concept is nature-based solutions (NbS), using natural processes to work with the climate, including preventing and mitigating floods. Dozens of people jog or stroll along the roughly two-kilometre loop encircling the flood retention pond at Taman Rekreasi Madani Kolam Takungan Sungai Pinji, also known as the Sungai Pinji Sponge Basin.

The park which was opened late last year, whereby many visitors accustomed to manicured greenery, but this is different. It also places the park at the centre of a larger, more urgent question facing Ipoh and other Malaysian cities: how to convince the people that going back to nature works best even when its benefits are not immediately visible.

[embed]Ipoh's first floodable park shows nature at work, but tall grass and wildlife spark debate over… IPOH, Jan 31 - By 10am, the sun is already high and unrelenting, its glare sharp enough to make the lake shimmer like a…www.malaymail.com

Once a tin mine that was later converted into a retention pond, the lake now functions as living infrastructure that doubles as a sponge basin — to manage stormwater — and a community park. It is also one of Ipoh’s green lungs, serving both the city and its surrounding areas.

Interesting, but is this something whereby the general public is receptive? It’s quite unique at this moment though. And I would say, this could be the upcoming trend throughout.

Perhaps, we should look forward further. ❤

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