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Green Infrastructure Planning Principles: An Integrated Literature Review

Land, 2020
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 wide range of ecosystem services at various scales.
Renato Monteiro, José C. Ferreira, Paula Antunes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards the intentional multifunctionality of urban green infrastructure: a paradox of choice?

npj Urban Sustainability
Decades of research on multifunctional Green Infrastructure (GI) has yet to translate into holistic implementation in the built environment. This oversight stems from assumptions that many ecosystem services occur passively and thus potential synergies ...
Lauren M. Cook, Kelly D. Good, Marco Moretti, Peleg Kremer, Bridget Wadzuk, Robert Traver, Virginia Smith   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Public assessment of green infrastructure benefits and associated influencing factors in two Ethiopian cities: Bahir Dar and Hawassa

BMC Ecology, 2019
Background Currently, urban green infrastructure is increasingly gaining attention as a source of multiple benefits. Understanding how city residents perceive the benefits of green infrastructure is critical for urban policy and planning.
Kassahun Gashu, Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Green Infrastructure on Residents’ Endorsement of the New Ecological Paradigm in Lagos, Nigeria

Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2022
Given the significance of green infrastructure in enhancing social, economic and ecological sustainability of the built environment, it is important to unearth how green infrastructure can influence pro-environmental behaviours among the urban ...
Adedotun Ayodele Dipeolu, Eziyi Offia IBEM, Olusegun Ayotunde ORIOLA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating Green Infrastructure Into Stormwater Policy: Reliability, Watershed Management, and Environmental Psychology as Holistic Tools for Success [PDF]

, 2020
As cities continue to expand, the issues of flood control and urban water quality have become major modern sustainability challenges. Green infrastructure—the use of nature-based solutions to target, treat, and store stormwater at its source—has emerged ...
Endres, A. Bryan, Stillwell, Ashlynn S., William, Reshmina   +2 more
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Engineering blue-green infrastructure for and with biodiversity in cities

npj Urban Sustainability
Blue-green infrastructure (BGI), combining semi-natural and engineered elements, offers multifaceted benefits like stormwater management, water purification, heat mitigation, and habitat provision.
Kilian Perrelet, Marco Moretti, Andreas Dietzel, Florian Altermatt, Lauren M. Cook   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Building green infrastructure to enhance urban resilience to climate change and pandemics

Landscape Ecology, 2021
The looming climate crisis and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of green infrastructure in and around cities, prompting an urgent call for more functional and sustainable urban planning and design.
Pinar Pamukcu-Albers, F. Ugolini, Daniele La Rosa, Simona R. Grădinaru, J. Azevedo, Jianguo Wu   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Digital infrastructure construction drives green economic transformation: evidence from Chinese cities

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Existing studies mostly discussed the impact of transportation infrastructure on the economy and society. However, the environmental performance of digital infrastructure has been discussed less.
Ruiyang Ma, Boqiang Lin
doaj   +1 more source

Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management?

WIREs Water, 2021
Urban flooding is a key global challenge which is expected to become exacerbated under global change due to more intense rainfall and flashier runoff regimes over increasingly urban landscapes.
Daniel Green, E. O’Donnell, Matthew F. Johnson, L. Slater, C. Thorne, Shan Zheng, R. Stirling, F. Chan, Lei Li, R. Boothroyd   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Imaging of High‐Risk Neuroblastoma: Recommendations From SIOPEN Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in early childhood. Its clinical behavior is highly variable, ranging from spontaneous regression to fatal outcome despite intensive treatment. The International Society of Pediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma Group (SIOPEN) Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Specialty Committees ...
Annemieke Littooij, Catia Olianti, Herve Brisse, Pier Luigi Di Paolo, Maria Garganese, Tejas Kapadia, Jurgen Schaefer, Hugh Wallace, Simon Wan, Bart de Keizer, Irmina Sefic Pasic, Julian Rogasch   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source