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It is essential that local authorities and their partners ensure that the urban environment is planned and managed to adapt to future climate scenarios. Public spaces are seen as having a key role in reducing the impacts of flooding by: reducing vulnerability to and impact of flooding; enhancing flood water storage capacity; reducing vulnerability to extreme weather such as storms; increasing the ability to collect rain water; and improving water quality. The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has created a list of publications about flood risk management, including case studies which demonstrate approaches to dealing with flooding, illustrating how interventions can also provide high quality public spaces benefiting biodiversity and people from all walks of life.