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Urban Agriculture, Forestry and Green-Blue Infrastructure as "Re-discovered Commons": Bridging Urban-Rural Interface [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This book re-explores research topics related to the relationships between urban and rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic period in 2020 and beyond.

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Green Blue Infrastructure methodologies and design proposals [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Planning Green Infrastructure as a Source of Urban and Regional Resilience – Towards Institutional Challenges [PDF]

open access: yesUrbani Izziv, 2015
Green infrastructure programmes and strategies are regarded as planning opportunities to promote sustainable and resilient urban development. However, the discourse about green infrastructure policy and its effectiveness has pointed to the limited ...
Paulina SCHIAPPACASSE, Bernhard MÜLLER
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Urban green infrastructure in Nigeria: A review

open access: yesScientific African, 2021
Urban green infrastructure is critical to sustainable cities and society, especially in rapidly urbanising developing countries. This paper provides a review of studies on urban greening in Nigeria.
Olumuyiwa Bayode Adegun   +3 more
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Perceptions of Blue-Green and Grey Infrastructure as Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Urban Water Resilience [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Green Infrastructure and Urban Vacancies: Land Cover and Natural Environment as Predictors of Vacant Land in Austin, Texas

open access: yesLand, 2023
Urban vacancies have been a concern for neighborhood distress and economic decline and have gained more recent attention as potential green infrastructure is known to benefit communities in diverse ways.
Young-Jae Kim   +3 more
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Lack of Cross-Sector and Cross-Level Policy Coherence and Consistency Limits Urban Green Infrastructure Implementation in Malawi

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2020
The quality, quantity and accessibility of urban greenspaces and green infrastructure offer multiple benefits for city dwellers, the environment and urban sustainability.
Stavros Afionis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performance assessment for the integrated green-gray-blue infrastructure under extreme rainfall scenarios

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Synergistic allocation of urban stormwater infrastructure is critical to flood risk prevention and control under extreme rainfall events. This study focuses on the interaction regularity of green, gray, and blue infrastructure in the process of runoff ...
Chen Zhang   +6 more
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Utilization patterns of urban green infrastructure in southern Ethiopia

open access: yesJournal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2018
Urban green infrastructure provides multi-functional socio-economic and environmental benefits and promotes physical, relaxation, and the social activities of the urban residents.
M.B. Molla   +2 more
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Changes of Urban Greenspace Coverage and Exposure in China

open access: yes, 2022
Urban greenspace, as an essential component of green infrastructure, is particularly important in the urban environment that maintains the function and sustainability of urbanities.
Yimeng Song   +5 more
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