While wetlands are widely recognized as vital ecosystems, they also play a crucial role in shaping tomorrow’s climate-resilient cities. In cities, they appear both as natural systems slowly surrounded by urban growth, and as newly created ecosystems designed within dense urban settings. At OKRA, we harness the indispensable role of urban wetlands as:

• buffering against climate extremes
• reducing floods
• filtering pollution
• cooling neighbourhoods
• anchoring biodiversity

By integrating design interventions such as rain gardens, bioswales, SuDS, and other nature-based systems, we create interconnected networks that prove even the smallest wetland can play a powerful role in the health of a city.