Green infrastructure planning principles: An integrated literature review

R Monteiro, JC Ferreira, P Antunes - Land, 2020 - mdpi.com
Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas,
including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a …

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

M Gimenez-Maranges, J Breuste, A Hof - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Technical and governing approaches to urban flooding in the European Union (EU) are
currently conventional and centralised. This widespread paradigm has become increasingly …

It is not easy being green: Recognizing unintended consequences of green stormwater infrastructure

VJ Taguchi, PT Weiss, JS Gulliver, MR Klein… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Green infrastructure designed to address urban drainage and water quality issues is often
deployed without full knowledge of potential unintended social, ecological, and human …

Integrating biodiversity as a non-human stakeholder within urban development

C Hernandez-Santin, M Amati, S Bekessy… - Landscape and Urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
For decades urban renewal projects featuring biodiversity conservation have been held up
as best practice around the world. There is an ongoing desire amongst design practitioners …

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

BP Battemarco, R Tardin-Coelho, AP Veról… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work aims to demonstrate the importance of concretely defining blue-green
infrastructure (BGI) in non-consolidated urban areas as an active element to achieve …

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

M Meenar, M Heckert, D Adlakha - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The concept of biophilic urban planning has inspired neighborhood greening projects in
many older urban communities in the USA and beyond. The strengths (eg, environmental …

A methodology for assessing the implementation potential for retrofitted and multifunctional urban green infrastructure in public areas of the global south

T Fluhrer, F Chapa, J Hack - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban green infrastructure (UGI) provides multiple functions that combine ecological and
social benefits. UGI is being increasingly promoted and implemented in the Global North. In …

Methods for identifying green infrastructure

E Honeck, A Sanguet, MA Schlaepfer, N Wyler… - SN Applied …, 2020 - Springer
Nature forms interdependent networks in a landscape, which is key to the survival of species
and the maintenance of genetic diversity. Nature provides crucial socio-economic benefits to …

Land as a sustainable resource in city planning: The use of open spaces and drainage systems to structure environmental and urban needs

IB Lourenço, LF Guimarães, MB Alves… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The lack of open spaces in urban areas, associated with degraded river environments
aggravates one of the main problems faced by cities nowadays: flood risk. This study aims to …

Community involvement in the implementation of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDSs): The case of Bon Pastor, Barcelona

A Nóblega Carriquiry, D Sauri, H March - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The persistence of urban floods and the inability of aging sewage infrastructure to deal with
stormwater make sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDSs) one of the emerging …