Spatial and urban planning are directed towards achieving territorial cohesion as one of the sustainable development goals. Considering the hybrid concept of green infrastructure, this paper aims to provide an “ecological model” of achieving territorial ...
Luka Bajić +4 more
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Some suggestions for Urban planning approach to Green Infrastructure, implications for Vinh city, Nghe An province, Viet Nam [PDF]
Research on green infrastructure has become a mainstream of managers, planners and architects around the world given its utmost impacts on human life and nature.
Nguyen-Thi Kieu-Vinh +1 more
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Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure [PDF]
Many cities aim to increase urban forest cover to benefit residents through the provision of ecosystem services and to promote biodiversity. As a complement to traditional forest plantings, we address opportunities associated with “emerging urban forests”
Buchholz, Sascha +5 more
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With the rapid development of urbanization and industrial economy, urban green space and land resources have been squeezed. The problem of urban ecological environment pollution is becoming increasingly serious.
Feng Zhang, Xintian Wang, Xiaojie Liu
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The green infrastructure of a highly-urbanized neotropical city : the role of the urban vegetation in preserving native biodiversity [PDF]
The composition of the urban vegetation that comprises the green infrastructure of a highly urbanized Neotropical city was mapped and described in order to assess how it can be used to preserve and maintain urban biodiversity.
Magalhaes, DM +4 more
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Utilization patterns of urban green infrastructure in southern Ethiopia
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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Green infrastructure to enhance urban sustainability
Green infrastructure is one of the main design strategies that must be developed within the urban plans of any city, its essential role in achieving the principles of sustainability and enhance its social, economic and environmental pillars. It contributes to increasing the quality of life within urban cities, areas and vitality, as well as making it ...
Donya Hameed Ali Alanbari +2 more
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A Decision Support Tool for Green Infrastructure Planning in the Face of Rapid Urbanization
Multifunctional green infrastructure, a key component of compact sustainable cities, is challenged by the pressures associated with rapid urbanization. In this paper, we present a method that uses remote sensing, GIS modeling and stakeholder engagement ...
Peta Brom +5 more
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Urban resilience through green infrastructure
As cities keep growing and expanding, they become more vulnerable to climate change and directly and indirectly related disturbances. Thus increasing urban resilience is now a primary goal in planning and management of cities. Urban resilience depends on protecting biodiversity and providing habitats (ecological resilience), managing water sustainably (
Pamukcu-Albers, Pinar +4 more
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Integrating Green Infrastructure Into Stormwater Policy: Reliability, Watershed Management, and Environmental Psychology as Holistic Tools for Success [PDF]
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 +2 more
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