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Green Infrastructure Implementation in Urban Parks for Stormwater Management

Author : Andrew F. Feldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Green Infrastructure Implementation in Urban Parks for Stormwater Management written by Andrew F. Feldman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rain garden was constructed in Shoelace Park in Bronx, New York with the goal of capturing stormwater runoff generated on part of 228th Street. As a pilot study implemented to test the overall strategy of utilizing urban park space to manage street runoff, the rain garden was monitored over a ten month period from October 2014 to July 2015. Field observations and analysis of the stormwater runoff entering the site through an inlet on 228th Street indicate that, due to the contributions from many adjacent tributary areas, the rain garden receives more water than anticipated. Results of the monitoring campaign show that the stormwater inlet on 228th Street captures runoff from an effective catchment that is about 1.6 times the designed tributary area. The rain garden retained an average of 77% of all inflows for all storms with water typically leaving the system in storms over 1 cm. It retained 96% and 45% of all inflow for all storms less than 1 cm and greater than 1 cm in total precipitation, respectively. The rain garden managed all off-site runoff from an area of 228th Street that was about 9 times its size during a 2.5 centimeter storm while receiving additional runoff from other adjacent areas. New York City is 72% impervious and 19.5% parkland. With as little as 5% of all New York City urban park space retrofit with green infrastructure performing similarly to the Shoelace Park rain garden, runoff from 35% of New York's impervious surfaces can be treated. This limited impact to the park ameliorates concerns of infringing on the park's current recreational purpose. Other cities in the United States with high impervious coverage and available park space are urged to consider this stormwater management opportunity.

Green Infrastructure Implementation

Author : Water Environment Federation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781572783058
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Green Infrastructure Implementation written by Water Environment Federation and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Green Infrastructure Implementation provides actionable information that promotes the implementation of green infrastructure. Unlike most publications, which focus on technical design of individual green elements, this book tackles topics that relate directly to the ability to implement green infrastructure. The collection of programmatic and planning topics is unique in current literature, and covers a range of issues from stormwater to public education. Green Infrastructure Implementation identifies obstacles and provides guidance in possible approaches to overcoming them at the programmatic level. It also provides clear and actionable suggestions as to the selection and planning of green infrastructure at different scales and identifies considerations for implementation based on type of practice and specific geographic considerations. Each topic details an assessment of barriers and potential challenges and includes case studies that show how they can be addressed"--Provided by publisher.

Green Infrastructure

Author : Ian C. Mell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351359282
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Green Infrastructure written by Ian C. Mell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understandings of the landscapes around us are constantly changing. How we interact with, manage and value these spaces is important, as it helps us to ensure we live in attractive, functional and sustainable places. Green Infrastructure planning is the current ‘go-to’ approach in landscape planning that incorporates human-environmental interactions, understandings of ecology and how socio-cultural factors influence our use of parks, gardens and waterways. This book explores several interpretations of Green Infrastructure bringing together case studies of policy, practice, ecological change and community understandings of landscape. Focusing on how planning policy shapes our interactions with the landscape, as individuals and communities, the book discusses what works and what needs to be improved. It examines how environmental management can promote more sustainable approaches to landscape protection ensuring that water resources and ecological communities are not harmed by development. It also asks what the economic and community values of Green Infrastructure are to illustrate how different social, ecological and political factors influence how our landscapes are managed. The central message of the book focusses on the promotion of multi-functional nature within urban landscapes that helps people, the economy and the environment to meet the challenges of population, infrastructure and economic change. The chapters in this book were origianally published as a special issue in Landscape Research.

Green Infrastructure and Its Potential Impact on Redevelopment and Urban Stormwater Management

Author : Elijah George
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Green Infrastructure and Its Potential Impact on Redevelopment and Urban Stormwater Management written by Elijah George and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis project examines the state of our urban stormwater in the College Park University Heights Redevelopment Area located in Gainesville, Florida. It focuses on how Community Redevelopment Agencies (CRAs) can help to mitigate this ongoing problem through the implementation of Green Infrastructure. The research approach is qualitative and action oriented, focusing on finding solutions through the use of current policies and design methodologies. My research process involved extensive analysis of existing conditions for urban environments, current stormwater regulations and guidelines, as well as the methodologies and tools available to redevelopment agencies. By using GIS mapping, I determined locations for updated stormwater facilities, examining existing infrastructure, ecological and recreational connectivity, and economic impacts, in order to create redevelopment scenarios. I found that the existing conditions in our urban redevelopment areas along with the updated statewide stormwater rule threaten to impair urban renewal and hinder the improvement of our cities urban water bodies. My project provides the framework for a solution, by using the tools available to the CRA in order to implement the stormwater strategies of landscape architecture and the theories of urban planning. I conclude that community redevelopment agencies can implement viable solutions to mitigate stormwater pollution while enhancing our urban environments. In order to make this possible more research needs to be done to determine the value of stormwater credit banking, the potential for using financial incentives to implement green (stormwater) infrastructure, and the impact that statewide stormwater regulation will have on urban renewal.

Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

Author : Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3036506101
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (365 download)

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Book Synopsis Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development by : Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda

Download or read book Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development written by Luis A. Sañudo-Fontaneda and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-04-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Green Stormwater Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban and Rural Development” offers some of the latest international scientific and practitioner findings around the adaptation of urban, rural and transportation infrastructures to climate change by sustainable water management. This book addresses the main gaps in the up-to-date literature and provides the reader with a holistic view, ranging from a strategic and multiscale planning, implementation and decision-making angle down to the engineering details for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of green stormwater techniques such as sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and stormwater control measures (SCMs). This book is particularly recommended for a wide audience of readers, such as academics/researchers and students in the fields of architecture and landscaping, engineering, environmental and natural sciences, social and physical geography and urban and territorial planning. This book is also a resource for practitioners and professionals developing their work in architecture studios, engineering companies, local and regional authorities, water and environmental industries, infrastructure maintenance, regulators, planners, developers and legislators.

Blue and Green Cities

Author : Robert C. Brears
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137592583
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Blue and Green Cities written by Robert C. Brears and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably. The author argues that urban water managers have traditionally relied on grey infrastructural solutions to mitigate risks with numerous economic and environmental consequences. Brears explores the role urban water managers have in implementing blue-green infrastructure to reduce ecological damage and mitigate risk. The case studies in this book illustrate how cities, of differing climates, lifestyles and income-levels, have implemented policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water, wastewater and stormwater sustainably to reduce environmental degradation and enhance resilience to climate change. This new research on urban policy innovations that promote the application of blue-green infrastructure in managing water resources sustainably will be of interest to those working on water conservation and policy.

Green Infrastructure

Author : Ian C. Mell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351359274
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Green Infrastructure written by Ian C. Mell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our understandings of the landscapes around us are constantly changing. How we interact with, manage and value these spaces is important, as it helps us to ensure we live in attractive, functional and sustainable places. Green Infrastructure planning is the current ‘go-to’ approach in landscape planning that incorporates human-environmental interactions, understandings of ecology and how socio-cultural factors influence our use of parks, gardens and waterways. This book explores several interpretations of Green Infrastructure bringing together case studies of policy, practice, ecological change and community understandings of landscape. Focusing on how planning policy shapes our interactions with the landscape, as individuals and communities, the book discusses what works and what needs to be improved. It examines how environmental management can promote more sustainable approaches to landscape protection ensuring that water resources and ecological communities are not harmed by development. It also asks what the economic and community values of Green Infrastructure are to illustrate how different social, ecological and political factors influence how our landscapes are managed. The central message of the book focusses on the promotion of multi-functional nature within urban landscapes that helps people, the economy and the environment to meet the challenges of population, infrastructure and economic change. The chapters in this book were origianally published as a special issue in Landscape Research.

Blue-Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Settlements

Author : P. K. Joshi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031622936
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Blue-Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Settlements written by P. K. Joshi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Implementing Green Infrastructure for Urban Stormwater Management

Author : Shun Uchiyama
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Implementing Green Infrastructure for Urban Stormwater Management written by Shun Uchiyama and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, Green Infrastructure (GI) has been widely advocated as a measure against urban flooding due to urbanization and climate change. Decentralized small-scale GI in urban areas has been widely promoted as a measure for urban stormwater management for more than 20 years, mainly in Europe and the United States, and examples of its practice have gradually emerged in recent years. However, it is still a new concept in Japan and is pending wide-scale implementation. The purpose of this study is to identify the challenges and suggest a process of GI implementation for the purpose of urban stormwater management in Japan. This study consists of two phases: First, key factors and a basic process for GI implementation are identified based on the experiences of some countries (i.e., China, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Second, by comparing them with the current situation in Japan, we identified the challenges for GI implementation in Japan in the future. As a result, eight key factors, including "quantitative performance analysis", "land use policy/law", and "interdisciplinary approach/ watershed-scale stakeholder collaboration”, were identified. Moreover, we propose a basic process for GI implementation with an interdisciplinary approach, which starts with "selection of GI implementation areas”, followed by "determination of implementation strategy with technical and financial support to stakeholders", and "long-term operation”. The most important part of the process is how to incorporate GI into the existing urban development strategy, taking into account the topographical and climatic characteristics, social challenges, urban planning systems, and existing stormwater management plans.

Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation

Author : Futoshi Nakamura
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788981166793
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book Green Infrastructure and Climate Change Adaptation written by Futoshi Nakamura and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book introduces the function, implementation and governance of green infrastructure in Japan and other countries where lands are geologically fragile and climatologically susceptible to climate change. It proposes green infrastructure as an adaptation strategy for climate change and biodiversity conservation. In the face of climate change, dams, levees and floodways built as disaster prevention facilities do not sufficiently function against extraordinary events such as mega-floods and tsunami disasters. To prevent those disasters and loss of biodiversity in various ecosystems, we should shift from conventional hard measures to more adaptive strategies using various functions that natural and semi-natural ecosystems provide. Green infrastructure is an interconnected network of waterways, wetlands, woodlands, wildlife habitats and other natural areas that support native species, maintain natural ecological processes, sustain air and water resources and contribute to the health and quality of life for communities and people. Green infrastructure has mainly been discussed from adaptation strategy perspectives in cities and urban areas. However, to protect cities, which are generally situated at downstream lower elevations, we explore the preservation and restoration of forests at headwater basins and wetlands along rivers from a catchment perspective. In addition, the quantitative examination of flood risk, biodiversity, and social-economic benefits described in this book brings new perspectives to the discussion. The aim of this book is to accelerate the transformative changes from gray-based adaptation strategies to green- or hybrid-based strategies to adapt to climate change. The book provides essential information on the structure, function, and maintenance of green infrastructure for scientists, university students, government officers, and practitioners.

Vacant to Vibrant

Author : Sandra Albro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1610919009
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Vacant to Vibrant written by Sandra Albro and published by . This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vacant lots, so often seen as neighborhood blight, have the potential to be a key element of community revitalization. Sandra Albro offers practical insights through her experience leading the five-year Vacant to Vibrant project, which piloted the creation of green infrastructure networks in Gary, Indiana; Cleveland, Ohio; and Buffalo, New York. Vacant to Vibrant provides a point of comparison among the three cities as they adapt old systems to new, green technology. Albro offers insights from every step of the Vacant to Vibrant project, including planning, design, community engagement, implementation, and maintenance successes and challenges of creating a green infrastructure network from vacant lots in neighborhoods. Landscape architects and other professionals whose work involves urban greening will learn new approaches for creating infrastructure networks and facilitating more equitable access to green space.

Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas

Author : Nadja Kabisch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319560913
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Book Synopsis Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas by : Nadja Kabisch

Download or read book Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas written by Nadja Kabisch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book brings together research findings and experiences from science, policy and practice to highlight and debate the importance of nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation in urban areas. Emphasis is given to the potential of nature-based approaches to create multiple-benefits for society. The expert contributions present recommendations for creating synergies between ongoing policy processes, scientific programmes and practical implementation of climate change and nature conservation measures in global urban areas. Except where otherwise noted, this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Nature-based Solutions for Circular Management of Urban Water

Author : Alexandros Stefanakis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031507258
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Nature-based Solutions for Circular Management of Urban Water written by Alexandros Stefanakis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Urban Forest

Author : David Pearlmutter
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319502808
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book The Urban Forest written by David Pearlmutter and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on urban "green infrastructure" – the interconnected web of vegetated spaces like street trees, parks and peri-urban forests that provide essential ecosystem services in cities. The green infrastructure approach embodies the idea that these services, such as storm-water runoff control, pollutant filtration and amenities for outdoor recreation, are just as vital for a modern city as those provided by any other type of infrastructure. Ensuring that these ecosystem services are indeed delivered in an equitable and sustainable way requires knowledge of the physical attributes of trees and urban green spaces, tools for coping with the complex social and cultural dynamics, and an understanding of how these factors can be integrated in better governance practices. By conveying the findings and recommendations of COST Action FP1204 GreenInUrbs, this volume summarizes the collaborative efforts of researchers and practitioners from across Europe to address these challenges.

Handbook on Green Infrastructure

Author : Danielle Sinnett
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783474009
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Green Infrastructure written by Danielle Sinnett and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green infrastructure encompasses many features in the built environment. It 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 Handbook sets the context for green infrastructure as a means to make urban environments more resilient, sustainable, liveable and equitable. Including state-of-the-art reviews that summarise the existing knowledge as well as research findings, this Handbook provides current evidence for the beneficial impact of green infrastructure on health, environmental quality and the economy. It discusses the planning and design of green infrastructure as a strategic network down to the individual features in a neighbourhood and looks at the process of green infrastructure implementation, emphasising the importance of collaboration across multiple professions and sectors. This comprehensive volume operates at multiple spatial scales, from strategic networks at the regional level to individual features in neighbourhoods, with international case studies used throughout to illustrate key examples of good practice. This collection of expert contributions will be invaluable to students and academics in the fields of planning, urban studies and geography. Practitioners and policy-makers will also find the policy discussion and examples enlightening.

Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure

Author : Andrea Arcidiacono
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030543455
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure written by Andrea Arcidiacono and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book analyses the relationship between ecosystem services, green and blue infrastructures (GBI) and spatial planning in Italy. It provides insights on the opportunities and challenges in the adoption of an ecosystem services (ES)-based approach for Spatial Planning exploring methods and techniques for the design of GBI strategies. Nowadays, there is an advance in ES knowledge and a recognition of the benefits of GBI for the quality of human life and biodiversity conservation. The main challenge remains how this knowledge could be integrated into the planning process and how it could guide the decision-making process towards sustainable development for contemporary cities. The book collects innovative Italian experiences providing important considerations for operationalizing the ES concept and highlighting different disciplinary attitudes and methodological approaches with the common goal to enhance human well-being.

Urban Street Stormwater Guide

Author : National Association of City Transportation Officials
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610918126
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Urban Street Stormwater Guide written by National Association of City Transportation Officials and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Urban Street Stormwater Guide begins from the principle that street design can support--or degrade--the urban area's overall environmental health. By incorporating Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) into the right-of-way, cities can manage stormwater and reap the public health, environmental, and aesthetic benefits of street trees, planters, and greenery in the public realm. Building on the successful NACTO urban street guides, the Urban Street Stormwater Guide provides the best practices for the design of GSI along transportation corridors. The state-of-the-art solutions in this guide will assist urban planners and designers, transportation engineers, city officials, ecologists, public works officials, and others interested in the role of the built urban landscape in protecting the climate, water quality, and natural environment.