#32 - Luis Angel Sañudo Fontaneda: Partnering with nature in Spain's journey to Sustainable Drainage and Climate Adaptation

The Grand Challengers Podcast

Luis Angel Sañudo Fontaneda, Associate Professor at the University of Oviedo, Spain, brings us on a journey through Spain's history in adopting Sustainable Drainage Systems and how its dynamic policies have shifted towards climate adaptation and sustainability. We look into the marvel of pervious pavements and swale systems, an engineering-focussed start to the Blue-Green Infrastructure journey and reflect on the challenges of being an academic trying to change the world.
Podcast Intro/Outro Song: Starsky by Alex Keren (Check out more of his tunes over on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vZ3lENfDLjkln8scBJ8mW)
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:00 Guest Intro and Academic Conferencing
7:26 A series of fun coincidences and an announcement
9:27 Spain, Cantabria, Geography and Climate
12:52 Spain's History in SuDS and Luis' entry
21:30 Pervious Pavements 101
36:18 Getting into Swales
41:41 Receptivity towards SuDS in Spain
47:04 Luis' next SuDS endeavour
49:43 Q&A Start
50:06 What inspires you?
51:42 Key event, person, book
58:28 If you had a magic wand?
1:07:19 Time management
1:11:14 Advice for young researchers
1:12:43 Where can people reach you?
1:13:27 Final Message
1:14:34 Outro

Detailed shownotes over at: petermbach.com/podcast for more in-depth information about each episode.
Join the community over at: linkedin.com/company/tgcpodcast and let's connect across the world!
Subscribe and listen to the podcast (and do please leave a review/rating) on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts from.
Your subscription/follow will greatly help the show grow and reach a wider audience.
Hosted by Peter Marcus Bach (www.petermbach.com), follow me on:

• X (fomerly Twitter): @petermbach
• Instagram: @petermbach87
• Subscribe to my channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/PeterMarcusBach/

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Guest Intro and Academic Conferencing (00:02:00)

3. A series of fun coincidences and an announcement (00:07:26)

4. Spain, Cantabria, Geography and Climate (00:09:27)

5. Spain's History in SuDS and Luis' entry (00:12:52)

6. Pervious Pavements 101 (00:21:30)

7. Getting into Swales (00:36:18)

8. Receptivity towards SuDS in Spain (00:41:41)

9. Luis' next SuDS endeavour (00:47:04)

10. Q&A Start (00:49:43)

11. What inspires you? (00:50:06)

12. Key event, person, book (00:51:42)

13. If you had a magic wand? (00:58:28)

14. Time management (01:07:19)

15. Advice for young researchers (01:11:14)

16. Where can people reach you? (01:12:43)

17. Final Message (01:13:27)

18. Outro (01:14:34)