Green infrastructure: reconciling urban green space and regional economic development: lessons learnt from experience in England's north-west region

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 963-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Horwood
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
North West ◽  
West Region ◽  
Lessons Learnt

Landscape Design of Urban Green Space Adaptive to Global Climate Change a Review

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6842-6845
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Yan Hui Sui ◽  
Xue Biao Geng
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Ecological Principle ◽  
Low Carbon City

Low-carbon city provide both opportunity and challenge for landscape architecture. Urban green space planning and design are the most important way to achieve the landscape adaptive to globe climate change. In this paper, we introduced importance and significance of urban green space in low-carbon landscape, and reviewed many new design solutions, such as construction of green infrastructure, protection of natural vegetation and ecosystems, use of phytoremediation and application of urban productive landscape. Via innovative design solution and ecological principle, landscape architects would create a substantially new aesthetics to ensure the survivance of humanity.

A MSPA-Based Approach of Urban Green Space System Planning

2012 ◽  
Vol 518-523 ◽  
pp. 5972-5979
Author(s):  
Qing Chang ◽  
Yao Qiu ◽  
Xue Li ◽  
Jian Sheng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Spatial Pattern Analysis ◽  
Space System ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Land Use Decisions

Urban green spaces are considered as the life support system in a city, if systematically planned, developed, and maintained, they may provide various ecosystem services in a sustainable way. By integrating the morphological spatial pattern analysis (MSPA) and the green infrastructure (GI) network based on GIS, this study provided an urban green space planning method to guide urban sustainable spatial development and land use decisions in the Longgang District of Shenzhen in China. The approach has a robust performance in identifying the vital hubs and linkages in the urban green space system. It is hoped that this plan model based on MSPA, the function connectivity of urban green spaces could be farther strengthened so that some key zones in landscape pattern could be protected in the future development.

scholarly journals Investigating the Patterns and Dynamics of Urban Green Space in China’s 70 Major Cities Using Satellite Remote Sensing

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenhui Kuang ◽  
Yinyin Dou
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Western China ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
Data Platform ◽  
Western Zone

Urban green space (UGS) plays a pivotal role in improving urban ecosystem services and building a livable environment for urban dwellers. However, remotely sensed investigation of UGS at city scale is facing a challenge due to the pixels’ mosaics of buildings, squares, roads and green spaces in cities. Here we developed a new algorithm to unmix the fraction of UGS derived from Landsat TM/ETM/8 OLI using a big-data platform. The spatiotemporal patterns and dynamics of UGSs were examined for 70 major cities in China between 2000 and 2018. The results showed that the total area of UGS in these cities grew from 2780.66 km2 in 2000 to 6764.75 km2 in 2018, which more than doubled its area. As a result, the UGS area per inhabitant rose from 15.01 m2 in 2000 to 18.09 m2 in 2018. However, an uneven layout of UGS occurred among the coastal, western, northeastern and central zones. For example, the UGS percentage in newly expanded urban areas in the coastal zone rose significantly in 2000–2018, with an increase of 2.51%, compared to the decline in UGS in cities in the western zone. Therefore, the effective strategies we have developed should be adopted to show disparities and promote green infrastructure capacity building in those cities with less green space, especially in western China.

scholarly journals Urban Green Space Arrangement for an Optimal Landscape Planning Strategy for Runoff Reduction

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 897
Author(s):  
Byungsun Yang ◽  
Dongkun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Water Cycle ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Space Distribution ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Stormwater Treatment ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Water Cycle

Increased impervious surfaces due to urbanization have reduced evaporation and infiltration into the soil compared with existing natural water cycle systems, which causes various problems, such as urban floods, landslides, and deterioration of water quality. To effectively solve the urban water cycle issue, green infrastructure using urban green space has emerged to reduce runoff and increase evaporation. It has the advantage of restoring the water cycle system of urban areas by complementing the failure of conventional stormwater treatment systems. However, urban areas under high-density development have limited green space for stormwater treatment. Hence, it is necessary to efficiently utilize street trees and small green spaces to improve the urban water cycle through green space. In this study, we simulated different green space distribution scenarios in the virtual domain to find the optimal strategy of green space planning. Compared to clustered scenarios, dispersed green space distribution scenarios and placing green space downstream were more effective in reducing the runoff amount. The paper provides insights into the considerations for determining green space spatial plan and zoning regulations for stormwater treatment by green infrastructure.

scholarly journals Greening Blocks: A Conceptual Typology of Practical Design Interventions to Integrate Health and Climate Resilience Co-Benefits

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (21) ◽  
pp. 4241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Barron ◽  
Sophie Nitoslawski ◽  
Kathleen L. Wolf ◽  
Angie Woo ◽  
Erin Desautels ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Urban Green Spaces ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Climate Resilience ◽  
Adaptation Response

It is increasingly evident that exposure to green landscape elements benefits human health. Urban green space in cities is also recognized as a crucial adaptation response to changes in climate and its subsequent effects. The exploration of conceptual and practical intersections between human health, green spaces, and climate action is needed. Evidence-based guidance is needed for stakeholders, practitioners, designers, and citizens in order to assess and manage urban green spaces that maximize co-benefits for both human health and climate resilience. This paper proposes interventions that provide strategic green space enhancement at the neighborhood and block scale. We propose eight tangible green space interventions and associated metrics to integrate climate resilience and population health co-benefits into urban green space design and planning: View from within, Plant entrances, Bring nature nearby, Retain the mature, Generate diversity, Create refuge, Connect experiences, and Optimize green infrastructure. These interventions represent a hierarchy of functional design concepts that respond to experiential qualities and physical/psychological dimensions of health, and which enhance resilience at a range of social scales from the individual to the neighborhood. The interventions also reveal additional research needs in green space design, particularly in neighborhood-level contexts.

Research on Energy Development of Mid-West Region in China and Regional Economic Development

2013 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 1346-1350
Author(s):  
Mei Song ◽  
Bing Yan Ma ◽  
Shu Xin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Energy Development ◽  
Shanxi Province ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
West Region ◽  
Strategic Position ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Policy Proposals

With further increasing demand for energy in China's economic development and the gradual depletion of resources in the eastern areas, the mid-west regions has become the key area of resource development for the future. How to implement the strategy of resource advantage transformation and avoid the risk of "resource curse" has become the focus of public concern. This article analyzes the relevance of the resource enrichment and regional economic development of six mid-west provinces of China. The results show that the "resource curse" phenomenon still exists in the mid-west parts of China, especially in Shanxi province. According to the analysis of the factors which result in these regions’ energy development problems and the important strategic position of energy development of Mid-west region, this article puts forward a series of policy proposals and measures to promote the development of mid-west region.

scholarly journals Protecting Existing Urban Green Space versus Cultivating More Green Infrastructures: Strategies Choices to Alleviate Urban Waterlogging Risks in Shenzhen

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (21) ◽  
pp. 4433
Author(s):  
Yun Qian ◽  
Han Wang ◽  
Jiansheng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Space Versus ◽  
Urban Green Space ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Flood Prevention ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Prevention Methods ◽  
Spatial Locations

For urban waterlogging alleviation, green infrastructures have been widely concerned. How to carry out scientific green infrastructure planning becomes an important issue in flood control and disaster relief. Based on historical media records of urban waterlogging from 2017 to 2020 and combined with variables about topography, land cover and socioeconomics, we used the Radial Basis Function Neural Network (RBFNN) to conduct urban waterlogging susceptibility assessment and simulate the risk of waterlogging in different scenarios of green land configuration in Shenzhen. The results showed that: (1) high proportions of impervious surface and population could increase the risks in Luohu and Futian districts, followed by Nanshan and Baoan districts, while high proportions of green space could effectively reduce the risks in southeastern Shenzhen; (2) urban waterlogging in Luohu and Futian districts can be alleviated by strengthening green infrastructure construction while Longgang and Longhua districts should make comprehensive use of other flood prevention methods; (3) turning existing urban green space into impervious surfaces would increase the risks of waterlogging, which is more evident in places with high proportions of green space such as Dapeng and Yantian districts. The effectiveness of green infrastructures varies in different spatial locations. Therefore, more attention should be paid to protecting existing green spaces than cultivating more green infrastructures in urban waterlogging alleviation.

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