Legitimate planning processes or informed decisions? Exploring public officials' rationales for participation in regional green infrastructure planning in Estonia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Suškevičs
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Informed Decisions ◽  
Planning Processes

scholarly journals Green Infrastructure Planning Principles: An Integrated Literature Review

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 525
Author(s):  
Renato Monteiro ◽  
José C. Ferreira ◽  
Paula Antunes
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Sustainable Landscape Management ◽  
Sustainable Landscape

Green infrastructure is a strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas, including green and blue spaces and other ecosystems, designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services at various scales. Apart from the ecological functions, green infrastructure, as a planning tool, contributes to social and economic benefits, leading to the achievement of sustainable, resilient, inclusive and competitive urban areas. Despite recent developments, there is still no consensus among researchers and practitioners regarding the concept of green infrastructure as well as its implementation approaches, which makes it often difficult for urban planners and other professionals in the field to develop a robust green infrastructure in some parts of the world. To address this issue, an integrative literature review was conducted to identify which green infrastructure planning principles should be acknowledged in spatial planning practices to promote sustainability and resilience. As a result of this literature review, the most common eight green infrastructure planning principles were selected—connectivity, multifunctionality, applicability, integration, diversity, multiscale, governance, and continuity. These principles intend to promote and simplify the development and use of green infrastructure by different academic and implementation organizations and provide a more defined model for sustainable landscape management in order to help practitioners and decision makers during the conceptualization and planning of green infrastructure.

Spatial configurations of urban forest in different landscape and socio-political contexts: identifying patterns for green infrastructure planning

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Busse Nielsen ◽  
Marcus Hedblom ◽  
Anton Stahl Olafsson ◽  
Björn Wiström
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Forest ◽  
Infrastructure Planning ◽  
Spatial Configurations
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