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Green infrastructure

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Sustainable infrastructure
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Higher-density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable


Cities are home to more than just people. We also need to accommodate the critters and plants who live in them.
Journal article

Using the concepts of green infrastructure and ecosystem services to specify leitbilder for compact and green cities - the example of the Landscape Plan of Dresden (Germany)

In the light of ongoing global urbanization and the high pace of resource consumption, there is an urgent need to foster compact cities. Currently, however, we lack integrative guidelines on how to manage trade-offs between urban densification and the provision of green space. Against this background, this study applies the concepts of green infrastructure and...
Report

Liveability indicators: a report prepared for the water industry


Water utilities provide services that are essential for a liveable city. Utility activities and operations are crucial in safeguarding the health of the community and environment by providing safe drinking water, swimmable water bodies and healthy waterways.
Conference paper

Application of a green infrastructure typology and airborne remote sensing to classify and map urban vegetation for climate adaptation


This document provides a standardised classification scheme (conventions and protocols) to estimate the vegetation cover of large areas with high resolution and accuracy, which has potential use to inform and propose climate change adaptation/mitigation strategies.
Conference paper

A conceptual framework for assessing green infrastructure sustainability performance in Australia


This paper proposes a methodology and a conceptual framework for evaluating green infrastructure performance. This proposed framework combines three key themes: ecosystem services, human health and wellbeing and ecosystem health.