Urban green infrastructure

Green walls on a school in France just show what a great impact vegetation can have. Green walls - native vegetation on the vertical Visiting this school in Obernai, Alsace in May was a real treat. The green walls are not only stunning but also part of a mitigation strategy for lost urban sp…

Green Infrastructure Archives - Urban Design

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The world green building council defines green building as, “a building that, in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment.

For as long as there are floods happening in this planet, fresh ideas in green infrastructure will always be relevant. London-based practice Baharash Architecture addresses this problem in "Water Boulevards."

“Flooding has become a deadly problem in China, especially in major cities. As this Economist article notes, the country’s urban land has more than doubled in the last 20 years, and cities sometimes expand right into the floodplains," wrote Janice Kaspersen. "Sponge cities are an approach to what we commonly call green infrastructure—an attempt to reduce flooding and infiltrate stormwater runoff in some of the areas most affected by rapid urbanization."

Planting trees is a cost-effective way to tackle urban air pollution, which is a growing problem for many cities, a study suggests.

The planning goal is to reduce the deleterious effects of urban stormwater runoff from hard surfaces using Low Impact Development technologies.

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