Handbook on Green Infrastructure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook on Green Infrastructure write by Danielle Sinnett. This book was released on 2015-11-27. Handbook on Green Infrastructure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Green infrastructure encompasses many features in the built environment. It 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. Including state-of-the-art reviews that summarise the existing knowledge as well as research findings, this Handbook provides current evidence for the beneficial impact of green infrastructure on health, environmental quality and the economy. It discusses the planning and design of green infrastructure as a strategic network down to the individual features in a neighbourhood and looks at the process of green infrastructure implementation, emphasising the importance of collaboration across multiple professions and sectors. This comprehensive volume operates at multiple spatial scales, from strategic networks at the regional level to individual features in neighbourhoods, with international case studies used throughout to illustrate key examples of good practice. This collection of expert contributions will be invaluable to students and academics in the fields of planning, urban studies and geography. Practitioners and policy-makers will also find the policy discussion and examples enlightening.
Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Green Infrastructure write by Mark A. Benedict. This book was released on 2012-09-26. Green Infrastructure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With illustrative and detailed examples drawn from throughout the country, Green Infrastructure advances smart land conservation: large scale thinking and integrated action to plan, protect and manage our natural and restored lands. From the individual parcel to the multi-state region, Green Infrastructure helps each of us look at the landscape in relation to the many uses it could serve, for nature and people, and determine which use makes the most sense. In this wide-ranging primer, leading experts in the field provide a detailed how-to for planners, designers, landscape architects, and citizen activists.
Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning
Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning write by Karen Firehock. This book was released on 2015-09-30. Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book addresses the nuts and bolts of planning and preserving natural assets at a variety of scales--from dense urban environments to scenic rural landscapes. A practical guide to creating effective and well-crafted plans and then implementing them, the book presents a six-step process developed and field-tested by the Green Infrastructure Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. Well-organized chapters explain how each step, from setting goals to implementing opportunities, can be applied to a variety of scenarios, customizable to the reader's target geographical location.
Sustainable Infrastructure
Sustainable Infrastructure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sustainable Infrastructure write by S. Bry Sarte. This book was released on 2010-09-23. Sustainable Infrastructure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As more factors, perspectives, and metrics are incorporated into the planning and building process, the roles of engineers and designers are increasingly being fused together. Sustainable Infrastructure explores this trend with in-depth look at sustainable engineering practices in an urban design as it involves watershed master-planning, green building, optimizing water reuse, reclaiming urban spaces, green streets initiatives, and sustainable master-planning. This complete guide provides guidance on the role creative thinking and collaborative team-building play in meeting solutions needed to affect a sustainable transformation of the built environment.
Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Green Infrastructure write by David C. Rouse. This book was released on 2013. Green Infrastructure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Introduction -- Landscape planning, design, and green infrastructure -- Green infrastructure in practice -- Case studies: Green infrastructure at the regional scale (Cleveland and Northeast Ohio: Green infrastructure for a city in transition -- North Texas: returning to the trinity) -- Green infrastructure in large cities (Philadelphia: making the greenest city of America -- Seattle: a city’s journey toward sustainability) -- Green infrastructure in smaller communities (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: managing stormwater pollution and enhancing community through green infrastructure -- Lenexa, Kansas: rain to recreation -- Onondaga County, New York: save the rain) -- Parks, greenways, river corridors as green infrastructure (Birmingham, Alabama: a green infrastructure movement -- Los Angeles River: using green infrastructure to revitalize a city -- Louisville Metro, Kentucky: application of green infrastructure from region to site -- Menomonee Valley Park and Redevelopment, Milwaukee) -- Summarizing the case studies -- Appendix: a model regulatory framework for green infrastructure.
