Global green infrastructure : lessons for successful policy-making, investment and management / Ian Mell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mell, Ian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape protection.

Greenways.

Natural areas.

Human ecology.

Regional planning--Environmental aspects.

Regional planning.

City planning--Environmental aspects.

City planning.

Ecosystem services.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 212 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2016.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"Over the last decade research exploring green infrastructure planning has burgeoned. Transferable green infrastructure messages between locations though are less well established and there remains a visible gap between the conceptual understanding of green infrastructure and its application in practice. Drawing together evaluations of green infrastructure policy-making and practice from across the world Global Green Infrastructure illustrates where successful practices can be identified. Examples from major green infrastructure development areas in the UK, Europe and the USA highlight the variety of investment options that can deliver socio-economic benefits. There is also a growing awareness of the added value of landscape planning in the rapidly developing cities of India and China. Reflecting on ten international case studies Global Green Infrastructure highlights the ways that ecology and engineered solutions can deliver successful urban development. Based on in situ research with the growing community of green infrastructure researchers and practitioners Global Green Infrastructure looks at the contradictions, consensus, and expanding evidence base of successful investments. This book also presents an in-depth commentary on the contemporary approaches to investment in urban greening and green infrastructure, and draws on the lessons we have learnt from a decade of experimentation, delivery and reflection"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introduction : green infrastructure : what, where and why?

2. The antecedents of green infrastructure : Olmsted, Howard and beyond

3. Green infrastructure : linking concepts with practice

4. The USA : water management in Chicago and the Atlanta Beltline development

5. UK : Cambridgeshire Green Infrastructure Strategy and the London Olympic Park

6. Europe : green infrastructure development in Paris (France) and Milan (Italy)

7. India : lessons on innovative green infrastructure planning in New Delhi and Ahmedabad

8. China : evaluating the value of green infrastructure planning in Shanghai and Suzhou

9. Global reflections of green infrastructure investment : successes and barriers.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 06, 2020)

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781315720968

9781317520566

9781317520573

9781317520559

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.