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Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning

A Multi-Scale Approach
  • ISBN-13: 9781610916929
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Karen Firehock
  • Price: AUD $108.00
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  • Local release date: 14/11/2015
  • Format: Paperback 153 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Landscape art & architecture [AMV]
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From New York City's urban forest and farmland in Virginia to the vast Sonoran Desert of Arizona and riverside parks in Vancouver, Washington, green infrastructure is becoming a priority for cities, counties, and states across America. Recognition of the need to manage our natural assets'trees, soils, water, and habitats'as part of our green infrastructure is vital to creating livable places and healthful landscapes. But the land management decisions about how to create plans, where to invest money, and how to get the most from these investments are complex, influenced by differing landscapes, goals, and stakeholders.

Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning addresses the nuts and bolts of planning and preserving natural assets at a variety of scales'from dense urban environments to scenic rural landscapes. A practical guide to creating effective and well-crafted plans and then implementing them, the book presents a six-step process developed and field-tested by the Green Infrastructure Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. Well-organized chapters explain how each step, from setting goals to implementing opportunities, can be applied to a variety of scenarios, customizable to the reader's target geographical location. Chapters draw on a diverse group of case studies, from the arid open spaces of the Sonoran Desert to the streets of Jersey City. Abundant full color maps, photographs, and illustrations complement the text.

For planners, elected officials, developers, conservationists, and others interested in the creation and maintenance of open space lands and urban green infrastructure projects or promoting a healthy economy, this book offers a comprehensive yet flexible approach to conceiving, refining, and implementing successful projects.
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1. Green Infrastructure Overview
Chapter 2. The Need to Evaluate and Map Natural Features
Chapter 3. Organize Your Initiative
Chapter 4. How to Identify, Evaluate, and Prioritize Natural Assets
Chapter 5. Case Studies from Region to Site
Chapter 6. National Case Studies
Chapter 7. Using Models and Spatial Data to Create Natural Asset Maps

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"The future of society depends on protection of natural capital that is the foundation of sustainable systems: green infrastructure. Firehock provides a well-documented and organized book about lessons learned from the efforts of the Green Infrastructure Center."
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