Green Infrastructure Rising

Green infrastructure can be defined as the interconnected network of open spaces and natural areas that manages stormwater, reduces the risk of floods, captures pollutants and improves water quality without technology. This article discusses green infrastructure best practices and describes some communities that have successfully implemented these practices. Green infrastructure intercepts rainfall before it reaches sewers through the use of landscape-based drainage features such as rain gardens, green roofs, tree planting and permeable pavement. Communities employing green infrastructure recognize the multiple ecological, financial and community objectives that green infrastructure serves. These communities use pilot projects on individual sites to expand green best management practices to broader block and neighborhood scales within existing and planned urban landscapes. These pilot projects have demonstrated that green infrastructure can capture, retain, infiltrate or evapotranspirate 90% of rain from typical storms of an inch or less of precipitation.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1762461
• Authors:
  • Wise, Steve
• Publication Date: 2008-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Illustrations; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 14-19
• Serial:
  • Planning
  • Volume: 74
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: American Planning Association
  • ISSN: 0001-2610
  • Serial URL: http://www.planning.org

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communities; Drainage; Environmental protection; Landscape design; Pilot studies; Rainfall; Runoff
• Uncontrolled Terms: Green infrastructure
• Subject Areas: Design; Energy; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I15: Environment; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01113037
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 2008 8:48AM