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, 2017 This chapter examines opportunities for using green infrastructure in classroom and after-school activities and strengthening student contact with and attachment to their local environment. Education about green infrastructure refers to the learning opportunities provided by infrastructure projects in cities, where ecosystem services are intertwined ...
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Green Infrastructure Finance [PDF]
, 2012 Investments in green projects are constrained by multiple factors: 1) numerous financial and institutional constraints; 2) pronounced risks; 3) unfavorable structure of cash flow profiles; 4) anti-green market distortions. In order to boost investment flows private financing is essential, but the public and private sectors need to work together. Public
Aldo Baietti +3 more
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Green Blue Infrastructure methodologies and design proposals [PDF]
, 2022 The Green Blue Infrastructure is a multifunctional and flexible approach based on various layers, composing an organic network. This design methodology has the potential to recompose together fragments of the contemporary city, generating positive ...
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Perceptions of Blue-Green and Grey Infrastructure as Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Urban Water Resilience [PDF]
, 2021 Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI, including swales, green roofs, and wetlands) plays an important role in reducing vulnerability to climate change risks such as flooding, heat stress, and water shortages, while enhancing urban environments and quality of ...
Shun Chan, Faith Ka +4 more
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Tailored design of a novel composite foam of sodium alginate used for fluoride ion removal
Water Science and Technology, 2022 Fluoride is an essential micronutrient for humans. Nonetheless, when the amount of fluoride ion is greater than required, it will cause skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis to threaten human health.
Wenfei Li +7 more
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A green infrastructure plan to restore, connect, and protect South Carolina's habitats [PDF]
, 2023 The South Carolina Forestry Commission (SCFC) and the nonprofit Green Infrastructure Center, Inc. (GIC) collaborated with state, regional, and local governments, and federal and state agencies to create a strategic green infrastructure network and plan ...
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Land, 2023 The relationship between urban greenspaces and the benefits to psychological, social, and physical aspects of human wellbeing are important to study, particularly in rapidly urbanizing areas and underrepresented communities.
Richard leBrasseur
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Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities: Brazil 2019 [PDF]
, 2020 Green investment opportunities can help to close the country\u27s infrastructure funding gap and also meet its climate commitments. The Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities - Brazil 2019 was developed to facilitate the engagement between project
Inter-American Development Bank
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Handbook on green infrastructure: Planning, design and implementation [PDF]
, 2015 © Danielle Sinnett, Nick Smith and Sarah Burgess 2015. All rights reserved. Green infrastructure 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
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Integrating Green Infrastructure with Accessible Design to Reduce Heat Stress on Seniors [PDF]
, 2021 With an increasingly ageing population, vulnerable to effects of a warming climate, it is critical that planners better understand how to minimise heat stress in urban environments.
Baldwin, Claudia +3 more
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