Green infrastructure or blue-green infrastructure refers to a network that provides the “ingredients” for solving urban and climatic challenges by building...
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climate change, contemporary infrastructure conversations frequently focus on sustainable development and green infrastructure. Acknowledging this importance...
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drainage systems with natural water processes and are part of a larger green infrastructure strategy. SuDS efforts make urban drainage systems more compatible...
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The European green infrastructure is an important part of the new (post-2010) EU strategy for biodiversity and biodiversity policy. It is one of the main...
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Natural England (section Green infrastructure)
concept of green infrastructure as a way to deliver a wide range of benefits for people and the natural environment together. It believes that green infrastructure...
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Critical infrastructure, or critical national infrastructure (CNI) in the UK, describes infrastructure considered essential by governments for the functioning...
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Cycling infrastructure is all infrastructure cyclists are allowed to use. Bikeways include bike paths, bike lanes, cycle tracks, rail trails and, where...
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number of projects on green infrastructure including the EU funded PERFECT project which aims to improve green infrastructure policy across Europe by...
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Urban flooding (section Using green infrastructure)
use for example the following approaches: building gray infrastructure, using green infrastructure, improving drainage systems, and understanding and altering...
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Green Investment Group Limited (GIG), formerly the UK Green Investment Bank, is a specialist in green infrastructure principal investment, project delivery...
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Urban heat island (section Green infrastructure)
evaporation. Green parking lots use vegetation and surfaces other than asphalt to limit the urban heat island effect. Green infrastructure or blue-green infrastructure...
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Sustainable urban infrastructure expands on the concept of urban infrastructure by adding the sustainability element with the expectation of improved...
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model in China that emphasizes flood management via strengthening green infrastructures instead of purely relying on drainage systems, proposed by Chinese...
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secured a green infrastructure grant from the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. While currently unfinished, the grant aims to renovate the "green", a...
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erosion resulting from sea level rise. Green roofs, blue roofs and green walls (as part of green infrastructure) are also nature-based solutions that can...
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a state-backed infrastructure bank to provide financing for green projects. The first report, titled "Accelerating Green Infrastructure Financing: Outline...
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Knowledge economy (section Green infrastructure)
decisions. With Earth's depleting natural resources, the need for green infrastructure, a logistics industry forced into just-in-time deliveries, growing...
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Research is mainly focused on three systems of a smart grid – the infrastructure system, the management system, and the protection system. Electronic...
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hosting wildlife through the application of green infrastructure. Although the opportunities of green infrastructure (GI) to benefit human populations have...
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on the impacts of green infrastructure, in particular green roofs in the Greater Manchester area, researchers found that adding green roofs can help keep...
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Zero-carbon city (section Green infrastructure)
transportation-communications, food, construction materials, water, green infrastructure, and waste-management. Strategies for reaching net zero include developing...
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importance of green infrastructure in slowing down and treating stormwater runoff. DuPage County Stormwater Management launched the "Love Blue. Live Green." outreach...
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Greenspace (redirect from Green space)
(landscape), a linear greenspace running through an urban area. Green infrastructure, a concept in land use planning Greenspace Information for Greater...
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Infrastructure (also known as "capital goods", or "fixed capital") is a platform for governance, commerce, and economic growth and is "a lifeline for modern...
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Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration (biodiversity), sustainable farming and forestry...
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parks, recreation and urban planning; visual resource management; green infrastructure planning and provision; and private estate and residence landscape...
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(PDF). New York, NY: Manhattan Institute. p. 7. Greening CSO Plans: Planning and Modeling Green Infrastructure for Combined Sewer Overflow Control (PDF) (Report)...
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characterized more generally as building "infrastructure for tomorrow," with a focus on green infrastructure and connectivity.: 166 In April 2014, Chinese...
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Catalytic Finance Foundation (section An integrated approach to accelerate green infrastructure development and financing.)
institutions. Its mission is to accelerate sub-national infrastructure investments in the green economy to meaningfully contribute to the Sustainable Development...
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Canada's official infrastructure priorities, such as investing in public transit, trade and transportation, and green infrastructure. The bank's role and...
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