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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_infrastructure
00:01:25 1 Introduction
00:01:35 1.1 Green infrastructure
00:02:28 1.2 Blue infrastructure
00:03:31 1.3 Benefits
00:04:31 1.4 Economic effects
00:05:05 2 Terminology
00:08:42 3 The Role of Water: Blue Spaces and Blue Infrastructure
00:11:27 4 Types of green infrastructure
00:11:38 4.1 Urban forests
00:12:23 4.1.1 Benefits
00:14:55 4.2 Constructed wetlands
00:15:43 4.2.1 Benefits
00:16:39 4.3 Green roofs and green walls
00:17:17 4.4 Green Alleys
00:18:18 4.5 Green School Yards
00:19:09 4.6 Low Impact Development
00:20:04 5 Planning approach
00:21:27 5.1 United Kingdom
00:24:18 5.2 United States
00:27:44 5.3 Singapore
00:28:51 5.4 Other states
00:32:15 6 Examples
00:32:25 6.1 ABC Water Design Guidelines by PUB in Singapore
00:33:34 6.2 Stormwater Management, Surrey, British Columbia
00:35:08 6.3 Nya Krokslätt, Sweden
00:36:00 6.4 Zürich, Switzerland
00:36:48 6.5 Duisburg-Nord, Germany
00:38:16 6.6 New York Sun Works Center, US
00:39:31 6.7 Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden
00:40:56 6.8 Emeryville, California, US
00:43:18 6.9 Gowanus Canal Sponge Park, New York, US
00:45:34 6.10 Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
00:46:50 7 Geographic Information System applications
00:47:55 7.1 Green Infrastructure Master Plan
00:48:38 8 Implementation
00:48:48 8.1 Barriers
00:50:31 8.2 Benefits
00:51:25 8.3 Economic effects
00:54:03 8.4 Ongoing Initiatives
00:55:37 9 See also
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SUMMARY
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Green Infrastructure or blue-green infrastructure is a network providing the “ingredients” for solving urban and climatic challenges by building with nature. The main components of this approach include stormwater management, climate adaptation, less heat stress, more biodiversity, food production, better air quality, sustainable energy production, clean water and healthy soils, as well as the more anthropocentric functions such as increased quality of life through recreation and providing shade and shelter in and around towns and cities. Green infrastructure also serves to provide an ecological framework for social, economic and environmental health of the surroundings. Green Infrastructure is considered a subset of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, which is defined in standards such as SuRe – the Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. However, green infrastructure can also mean “low-carbon infrastructure” such as renewable energy infrastructure and public transportation systems (See “low-carbon infrastructure”). Blue-Green infrastructure can also be a component of ‘sustainable drainage systems’ or ‘sustainable urban drainage systems’ (SuDS or SUDS) designed to manage water quantity and quality, while providing improvements to biodiversity and amenity.