Green Infrastructure Planning Principles: An Integrated Literature Review

Land, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 9(12), P. 525 - 525

Published: Dec. 16, 2020

Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas, including green blue spaces other ecosystems, designed managed to deliver wide range ecosystem services at various scales. Apart from the ecological functions, infrastructure, as planning tool, contributes social economic benefits, leading achievement sustainable, resilient, inclusive competitive urban areas. Despite recent developments, there still no consensus among researchers practitioners regarding concept well its implementation approaches, which makes it often difficult for planners professionals in field develop robust some parts world. To address this issue, an integrative literature review was conducted identify principles should be acknowledged spatial practices promote sustainability resilience. As result review, most common eight were selected—connectivity, multifunctionality, applicability, integration, diversity, multiscale, governance, continuity. These intend simplify development use by different academic organizations provide more defined model sustainable landscape management order help decision makers during conceptualization infrastructure.

Language: Английский

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It Is Not Easy Being Green: Recognizing Unintended Consequences of Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Water, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 522 - 522

Published: Feb. 13, 2020

Green infrastructure designed to address urban drainage and water quality issues is often deployed without full knowledge of potential unintended social, ecological, human health consequences. Though understood in their respective fields study, these diverse impacts are seldom discussed together a format by broader audience. This paper takes first step addressing that gap exploring tradeoffs associated with green practices manage stormwater including trees, ponds, filtration, infiltration, rain gardens, roofs. Each practice type performs best under specific conditions when targeting goals, but regular inspections, maintenance, monitoring necessary for any (GSI) succeed. We review how each the above intended function they could malfunction order improve designed, constructed, monitored, maintained. Our proposed decision-making framework, using both biophysical (biological physical) science social science, lead GSI projects effective, cost efficient, just.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Drainage Systems for transitioning to sustainable urban flood management in the European Union: A review

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 255, P. 120191 - 120191

Published: Jan. 21, 2020

Language: Английский

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“Green Enough Ain’t Good Enough:” Public Perceptions and Emotions Related to Green Infrastructure in Environmental Justice Communities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 19(3), P. 1448 - 1448

Published: Jan. 27, 2022

The concept of biophilic urban planning has inspired neighborhood greening projects in many older communities the USA and beyond. strengths (e.g., environmental management, biodiversity, heat island mitigation) challenges greenwashing, green gentrification) such are well-documented. Additional research on relationship between these various social factors public perceptions, feelings, mental health well-being) is necessary to better understand how people adapt said while struggling navigate other more pressing socioeconomic issues, especially facing injustice inequity. In this article, we focus one aspect planning-green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) rain gardens, bio-swales, pervious pavements, wildflower meadows)-in Waterfront South, a post-industrial Camden, NJ, USA, where residents have faced injustices for decades. Our qualitative analysis in-depth semi-structured interviews sixteen offered thorough insight into their perceptions emotions regarding different types GSI projects. Residents acknowledge benefits that offers combat neighborhood's injustices, but they cautious about possibility some prompting new issues concerns within community. findings reveal potential implications planning, research, practice similar places elsewhere yet undergo gentrification.

Language: Английский

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Integrating biodiversity as a non-human stakeholder within urban development

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 232, P. 104678 - 104678

Published: Jan. 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Designing mosaic landscapes for sustainable outcome: Evaluating land-use options on ecosystem service provisioning in southwestern Ghana

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 353, P. 120127 - 120127

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

The landscape in southwestern Ghana faces rampant modification due to socio-economic activities, posing threats ecosystem service provision and environmental sustainability. Addressing these involves empowering land-use actors design landscapes that offer multiple benefits concurrently. This study employs a geodesign framework, integrating participatory assessment spatial simulations. framework aims the collaborative manner way supports concurrently, mitigating posed by modification. Reflecting on local perceptions during workshop, we developed options land management strategies based selected land-cover types. We identified urban greens, open space restoration, rubber mixed-stands, mangrove selective-cutting preparation, soil conservation, relay cropping as target types of shrubland, cropland, smallholder rubber, palm, wetland, settlement. translated into scenarios need conditions. generated conditions which reflecting location types, 'change-effect' within settlement, 'no-change'conditions cropland. Results indicate synergies between created provisioning, with 'no-change' cropland providing highest synergy least synergy. Spatial modeling forms novelty this study, fusion assessments allows for more holistic understanding landscape, its services, potential implications different strategies. facilitated complex heterogeneous visualize possibilities maximizing can be used future planning landscape.

Language: Английский

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Water dynamics and blue-green infrastructure (BGI): Towards risk management and strategic spatial planning guidelines

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 333, P. 129993 - 129993

Published: Dec. 8, 2021

Language: Английский

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Nature-Based Solutions for Storm Water Management—Creation of a Green Infrastructure Suitability Map as a Tool for Land-Use Planning at the Municipal Level in the Province of Monza-Brianza (Italy)

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(11), P. 6124 - 6124

Published: May 28, 2021

Growing and uncontrolled urbanization climate change (with an associated increase in the frequency of intense meteoric events) have led to a rising number flooding events urban areas due insufficient capacity conventional drainage systems. Nature-Based Solutions represent contribution addressing these problems through creation multifunctional green infrastructure, both countryside. The aim this work was develop methodology define Green Infrastructure for stormwater management at municipal level. is defined on basis three phases: definition territorial information needed, production base maps, Suitability Map. In first phase, we needed identification non-urbanized where rainwater can potentially infiltrate, as well with soil characteristics that exclude or limit infiltration. second constructed following maps: “map areas”, natural surface infiltration potential” exclusion areas”. phase 3, starting from maps created 2 using Geographical Information Systems’ (GIS) geoprocessing procedures, “Green area compatibility map realize Infrastructure”, not suitable infiltration” final Map” are created. This should help authorities set up Maps tool land-use planning.

Language: Английский

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A Methodology for Assessing the Implementation Potential for Retrofitted and Multifunctional Urban Green Infrastructure in Public Areas of the Global South

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(1), P. 384 - 384

Published: Jan. 4, 2021

Urban green infrastructure (UGI) provides multiple functions that combine ecological and social benefits. UGI is being increasingly promoted implemented in the Global North. In other parts of world, such as South, infrastructures for implementation promotion are sparse. The state development informal settlements South present different constraints demands should be explicitly addressed. This study presents an approach to addressing specific conditions physical limitations urban areas South. A four-step methodology was developed assess potential retrofitted multifunctional public areas. consists (1) initial site analysis, (2) defining design criteria general strategies, (3) exploring dimensions multifunctionality basis deriving spatial typologies, (4) assessing suitability placements elements. applied a area metropolitan region San José, Costa Rica. results indicate improve hydrological (up 34% surface runoff reduction), (an increase space by 2.2%, creation 1500 m length roadside greenery two new habitat types), (2200 road type upgrading) through UGIs. assessment can serve guide future

Language: Английский

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What makes a successful Sponge City project? Expert perceptions of critical factors in integrated urban water management in the Asia-Pacific

Sustainable Cities and Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 75, P. 103317 - 103317

Published: Aug. 31, 2021

Language: Английский

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