Abstract
Green infrastructure (GI) is a land development approach that uses a network of natural and built areas and waterways to create healthier urban environments. This study presents a synthesis of GI planning and adoption in 16 cities selected from around the world; 12 of these cities are located in the United States. The study highlights key socio-economic benefits associated with GI adoption and documents analytical procedures used to quantify the benefits linked to GI implementation. The benefits as identified and reported in this study are qualitative rather than quantitative.
Highlights
Green infrastructure can be defined as a network of natural and semi-natural areas strategically planned and designed to manage a variety of urbanization challenges, including flooding, poverty, harmful effects of conventional transportation modes, depletion of urban wildlife species and their habitat, and deterioration air quality [1,2,3,4]
Creation of new green spaces by incorporating Green infrastructure (GI) practices in new developments and gentrification projects has been shown to improve community livability and provide opportunities to stay healthy through recreational activities [44]
The direct outcome for the need of a permanent workforce for GI projects is the creation of green jobs, which will lead to income generation in a number of households
Summary
Green infrastructure can be defined as a network of natural and semi-natural areas strategically planned and designed to manage a variety of urbanization challenges, including flooding, poverty, harmful effects of conventional transportation modes, depletion of urban wildlife species and their habitat, and deterioration air quality [1,2,3,4]. This integration of natural and engineered systems provides more resilient infrastructure with multiple natural ecosystem goods and services to people and wildlife [1,2,3,4]. Excess wet weather flows into storm drains and can readily lead to combined sewer overflow events (CSOs) [6], which discharge millions of tons of untreated wastewater into creeks, lakes, and rivers, causing impairment of these water bodies with detrimental effects on human, plant, or animal health [7,8]
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