Beschreibung:
Drawing together evaluations of green infrastructure policy-making and practice from across the world Global Green Infrastructure illustrates where successful practices can be identified.
1. Green Infrastructure: What, where and why? 2. The Antecedents of Green Infrastructure: Olmsted, Howard and Beyond, 3. Green infrastructure: Linking Concepts with Practice, 4. The USA: Water Management in Chicago and the Atlanta Beltline Development, 5. UK: the London Olympic Park and Cambridgeshire Green Infrastructure Strategy, 6. Europe - Green Infrastructure Development in Paris (France) and Milan (Italy), 7. India: Lessons in Innovative Green Infrastructure Planning in New Delhi and Ahmedabad, 8. China - Evaluating the Value of Green Infrastructure Planning in Shanghai, 9. Global Reflections of Green Infrastructure Investment: Successes and Barriers