The Consolidation and Implementation of Green Infrastructure Policy in Urban Spatial Planning - Focused on the London Plan & the All London Green Grid -

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-95
Author(s):  
Sang-Jun Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Infrastructure Policy

scholarly journals Mapping Landscape Potential for Supporting Green Infrastructure: The Case of a Watershed in Turkey

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Derya Gülçin ◽  
Kemal Tuluhan Yılmaz
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Rural Landscape ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Character Assessment ◽  
Landscape Types ◽  
Büyük Menderes River ◽  
Landscape Units ◽  
Key Steps

Green infrastructure (GI) is a strategic planning approach that can contribute to solutions for ecological, social, and environmental problems. GI also aims to conserve natural and semi-natural landscapes and enhance ecological networks. Within the scope of spatial planning, urban and rural landscape units can be integrated through GI planning. In this study, we propose a method to calculate the landscape potential and map GI in the lower Büyük Menderes River Basin, Turkey. We used landscape character assessment (LCA) to identify the landscape typology, which was one of the key steps for determining the landscape potential. Three thematic maps were produced and overlaid in ArcMap 10.7. A map showing the spatial distributions of 71 landscape types was created by means of LCA. Then, the landscape types were assessed according to defined criteria, and finally, GI of the study area was mapped. This study found that high-quality landscape types were located in the middle, northern, and eastern parts of the lower Büyük Menderes River Basin, rather than in the protected areas. Moreover, 68 of the 71 landscape types were present in the GI map. The findings show the necessity of including the landscape potential concept in conservation strategies. Thus, this paper provides a reference guideline for mapping GI as a contributor to nature conservation and spatial planning strategies.

scholarly journals Co-Creation of Knowledge for Ecosystem Services Approach to Spatial Planning in the Basque Country

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorena Peña ◽  
Beatriz Fernández de Manuel ◽  
Leire Méndez-Fernández ◽  
María Viota ◽  
Ibone Ametzaga-Arregi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Knowledge Process

Sustainable development has to be based on scientific knowledge, social agreements, and political decisions. This study aimed to analyse the implementation of the ecosystem services approach (ESA) in the spatial planning of the Basque Country, via the co-creation of knowledge. This paper uses a proposal for a regional green infrastructure (GI) to examine the co-creation of knowledge process. It addresses the community of practice; a process of co-creation of knowledge through workshops and meeting, SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis using an online survey, and mapping and identification of the multifunctional areas that provide ecosystem services (ES) to develop a GI. Results indicate that ESA has been included in spatial planning actions at different scales (biosphere reserve, metropolitan area, and region). This subsequently created an avenue for understanding the political necessities at play, so that scientists can develop useful tools for sustainable development. The findings also draw attention to the importance of establishing a constructive and mutually comprehensible dialogue between politicians, technical experts and scientists. For ES to be part of spatial planning, ESA has to be taken into account at the beginning of the planning process. We conclude that building bridges between science and spatial planning can help establish science-based management guidelines and tools that help enhance the sustainability of the territory.

scholarly journals The Quest for Adaptation through Spatial Planning and Ecosystem-Based Tools in Resilience Strategies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5548
Author(s):  
Konstantina-Dimitra Salata ◽  
Athena Yiannakou
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Planning Tool ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Planning Tools

As climate change and other interdependent challenges are expected to become increasingly acute and unpredictable, so the need for policies and measures to reduce risks and uncertainties in order to adapt to these changes becomes more imperative. Cities can influence their adaptation, resilience, and eventually their sustainability through spatial planning with the use of more ecosystem-based planning tools, such as Green Infrastructure (GI). The present paper is an attempt to assess whether and how city strategies address the objective of an adaptation which interconnects the criteria of vulnerability, adaptability, and resilience through spatial planning. For this purpose, the paper examines the Resilience Strategies of seven European cities of the 100 Resilient Cities initiative (100RC). Based on a thematic analysis, the paper investigates whether these strategies incorporate a spatial planning approach which contributes to adaptation to climate change, focusing on GI as a spatial planning tool. The paper argues that there is room for improvement in all the examined strategies, as none of them fully incorporate the concept of GI, and, furthermore, that some critical planning principles which contribute to adaptation are missing.

scholarly journals The Method of Planning Green Infrastructure System with the Use of Landscape-Functional Units (Method LaFU) and its Implementation in the Wrocław Functional Area (Poland)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irena Niedźwiecka-Filipiak ◽  
Justyna Rubaszek ◽  
Jerzy Potyrała ◽  
Paweł Filipiak
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Functional Area ◽  
City Regions ◽  
Infrastructure System ◽  
Functional Units ◽  
The City

Green infrastructure (GI) is planned at various scales, including a regional one: city-regions. Strategic GI planning included in the city-regions spatial development policy can contribute to their sustainable development through, among others, providing a range of ecosystem services. In order to meet the challenge of planning GI on a regional scale, the authors present the Method of Landscape-Functional Units (Method LaFU), which is used for the planning and evaluation of such systems. This method was tested in the Wrocław Functional Area (WFA), which is characterized by many negative processes, primarily uncontrolled development of built-up areas, fragmentation of landscape, and declining natural and semi-natural areas. The presented results show the effectiveness of the Method LaFU in GI planning and, above all, in its assessment, which makes it possible to identify problem areas that are at risk but still important for the functioning of the GI system. This allows for quick decision making by entities responsible for spatial planning in the region. The proposed method can also be used in other city-regions.

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