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Handbook on Green Infrastructure [electronic resource] : Planning, Design and Implementation
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sinnett, Danielle.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- City planning.
- Sustainable urban development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (492 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2015.
- Summary:
- Green infrastructure is widely recognised as a valuable resource in our towns and cities and it is therefore crucial to understand, create, protect and manage this resource. This Handbook sets the context for green infrastructure as a means to make urban environments more resilient, sustainable, liveable and equitable. It then provides a comprehensive and authoritative account for those seeking to achieve sustainable green infrastructure in urban environments of how to plan, design and implement green infrastructure at different spatial scales.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I THE ROLE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT; 1 Green infrastructure and health; 2 The impacts of green infrastructure on air quality and temperature; 3 Green infrastructure and urban water management; 4 Putting economic values on green infrastructure improvements; 5 Green infrastructure and biodiversity in the city: principles and design; PART II STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; 6 Green infrastructure planning: policy and objectives
- 7 Planning green infrastructure at a strategic level: experience from The Mersey Forest8 Delivering green infrastructure through strategic development: some reflections from Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, USA; 9 Planning green infrastructure from a landscape perspective; 10 Planning for urban green infrastructure in metropolitan landscapes; 11 Ensuring green infrastructure for all; PART III DESIGNING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL; 12 Multifunctional green infrastructure: a typology; 13 Towards inclusive green infrastructure
- 14 The influences of neighbourhood design and quality on residents' use of public open space15 Green grounds for play and learning: an intergenerational model for joint design and use of school and park systems; 16 The contribution of green infrastructure to a sense of place in historic urban environments; 17 Landscape, beyond green and grey infrastructure; PART IV IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; 18 The governance and management of public green spaces; 19 Community involvement in green infrastructure
- 20 Implementing green infrastructure through residential development in the UK21 Green infrastructure and regeneration of brownfield land; 22 Monitoring and evaluation of green infrastructure: a logic model and ecosystem services approach; PART V LOOKING FORWARD; 23 The future of green infrastructure; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78347-400-9
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