Articles by Lykke Leonardsen

About Lykke Leonardsen

Lykke Leonardsen is Program Director for the City of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Copenhagen: Designing for a Changing Climate and a Better City

The focus on the co-benefits of adaptation has proved to be important. Demonstrating that adaptation does not need to be only about preventing disaster, but can also improve the livability of the city by creating new recreational spaces, greening the city, and making it a nicer place also when it is not raining has been a key factor in the popularity of the cloudburst management plan.