Towards a comprehensive green infrastructure typology: a systematic review of approaches, methods and typologies

Bartesaghi-Koc, Carlos; Osmond, Paul; Peters, Alan

doi:10.1007/s11252-016-0578-5

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“…For conclusions on green infrastructure strategies, connectivity maps and information are crucial for decision-making processes; these often do not clearly address how the principles of the green infrastructure concept should be empowered in planning practice [6]. Information on neighbourhood connections of green spaces can be used to link to functional or structural connectivity understandings, which are used in ecological analysis and focus on animal and human movement [15]. Also, our approach has potential to support planning practices that especially rely on indicators for degrees of connectivity [35].…”

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“…More importantly, the spatially explicit approach will enable urban and regional planning to identify specific action items to improve urban green infrastructure connectivity. Linking back to the green infrastructure principles, a well-connected UGI is a "conditio sine qua non" for a multifunctional network of ecosystem services providing green spaces [15]. A balanced provision of the various ecosystem service benefits cannot be ensured without the network aspect [7].…”

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Mapping and Assessing Green Infrastructure Connectivity in European City Regions

2019

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Urban green infrastructure is becoming an increasingly important concept for sustainable urban planning. In the past, planning practice and research have worked on defining principles and suggesting relevant indicators to promote the concept. While there has been a focus on multifunctionality of green infrastructure elements, the connectivity principle is underrepresented, especially in urban research. Therefore, this paper suggests land use indicators to map and assess the degree of connectivity of open spaces within the urban realm. Empirical results are presented for three European case studies. The relevance of connectivity indicators for urban green infrastructure planning is highlighted and linked to future needs for improving strategic urban planning.

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Mapping and Assessing Green Infrastructure Connectivity in European City Regions

2019

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“…While previous studies have examined the relative merits of various strategies (see Georgescu et al 2014), it is worth looking more closely at green infrastructure because it is increasingly promoted in both research and practice (Mcphearson et al 2015, Finewood et al 2019. Definitions of green infrastructure vary, but it generally refers to vegetated areas such as parks, greenways, rain gardens, or green roofs (Koc et al 2017). A growing number of researchers, government agencies, and organizations are working to expand green infrastructure in cities worldwide-and megacities are often leaders in environmental policies with significant economic resources for implementation (Parrish and Zhu 2009)-yet 'how applicable and effective these approaches can be in megacity contexts and how they can be implemented is an important arena for experimentation and information sharing' (Li et al 2015, p 609).…”

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A green infrastructure spatial planning model for evaluating ecosystem service tradeoffs and synergies across three coastal megacities

Meerow

2019

Environ. Res. Lett.

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A growing number of cities are investing in green infrastructure to foster urban resilience and sustainability. While these nature-based solutions are often promoted on the basis of their multifunctionality, in practice, most studies and plans focus on a single benefit, such as stormwater management. This represents a missed opportunity to strategically site green infrastructure to leverage social and ecological co-benefits. To address this gap, this paper builds on existing modeling approaches for green infrastructure planning to create a more generalizable tool for comparing spatial tradeoffs and synergistic 'hotspots' for multiple desired benefits. I apply the model to three diverse coastal megacities: New York City, Los Angeles (United States), and Manila (Philippines), enabling cross-city comparisons for the first time. Spatial multi-criteria evaluation is used to examine how strategic areas for green infrastructure development across the cities change depending on which benefit is prioritized. GIS layers corresponding to six planning priorities (managing stormwater, reducing social vulnerability, increasing access to green space, improving air quality, reducing the urban heat island effect, and increasing landscape connectivity) are mapped and spatial tradeoffs assessed. Criteria are also weighted to reflect local stakeholders' desired outcomes as determined through surveys and stakeholder meetings and combined to identify high priority areas for green infrastructure development. To extend the model's utility as a decision-support tool, an interactive web-based application is developed that allows any user to change the criteria weights and visualize the resulting hotspots in real time. The model empirically illustrates the complexities of planning green infrastructure in different urban contexts, while also demonstrating a flexible approach for more participatory, strategic, and multifunctional planning of green infrastructure in cities around the world.

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“…Dentro de estas estrategias el uso de infraestructura verde es cada vez más común, y aunque no existe consenso sobre una clasificación general para ésta, se pueden distinguir cuatro categorías principales: a) la copa de los árbo-les; b) los espacios abiertos verdes; c) los techos verdes, y d) los sistemas verticales de vegetación (4). A su vez, los sistemas verticales de vegetación pueden agruparse en fachadas verdes con plantas trepadoras o muros verdes con plantas cultivadas sobre estructuras de soporte integradas a las paredes externas del edificio (5).…”

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Efecto de amortiguamiento térmico de una barrera verde de Arundo donax como elemento de bioclimatización en edificios

Rodríguez-Salinas¹,

Morales

Franco³

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RESUMENEntre los principales impactos ambientales derivados de la operación de edificios habitacionales está la generación de gases de efecto invernadero resultante del consumo eléctrico de sistemas de climatización. El uso de sistemas de vegetación representa una alternativa para disminuir dicho consumo energético. Las barreras verdes son sistemas de vegetación empleados como protección contra el viento, aunque recientemente se ha explorado su uso como sistemas de amortiguación acústica. En este trabajo se analiza su posible aplicación como sistemas de aislamiento térmico para edificios. En específico, se reporta el comportamiento de una barrera verde de Arundo donax como elemento de bioclimatización. Los resultados se analizan a partir de las temperaturas medidas en el interior y exterior de edificios prototipo, en función de la presencia de una barrera verde. Adicionalmente se determinó la traspiración del Arundo donax en condiciones ambientales extremas.Palabras clave: arquitectura bioclimática; Arundo donax; barrera verde; amortiguamiento térmico. ABSTRACT

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Towards a comprehensive green infrastructure typology: a systematic review of approaches, methods and typologies

Cited by 171 publications

References 57 publications

Mapping and Assessing Green Infrastructure Connectivity in European City Regions

Mapping and Assessing Green Infrastructure Connectivity in European City Regions

A green infrastructure spatial planning model for evaluating ecosystem service tradeoffs and synergies across three coastal megacities

Efecto de amortiguamiento térmico de una barrera verde de Arundo donax como elemento de bioclimatización en edificios

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