Vulnerability assessment in urban areas exposed to flood risk: methodology to explore green infrastructure benefits in a simulation scenario involving the Cañaveralejo River in Cali, Colombia
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-019-03736-8
Abstract: Building resilient infrastructure is one of the major challenges faced by cities due to increasing urbanization rates and climate change. Furthermore, the application of vulnerability assessment frameworks is a significant challenge that requires the appropriate… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; cali colombia; green infrastructure; vulnerability ... See more keywords
Prioritization Blue-Green Infrastructure Strategies: Developing a Hybrid Quantitative Approach Model for Sustainable Urban Water Management
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DOI: 10.1007/s11269-025-04136-3
Abstract: Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) is critical in protecting natural and cultural landscapes, managing urban water resources, and mitigating agricultural, urban, and industrial pressures. BGI aims to implement nature-based solutions across various scales, from planning to design,… read more here.
Keywords: water; urban water; blue green; green infrastructure ... See more keywords
“It’s on the ‘nice to have’ pile”: Potential principles to improve the implementation of socially inclusive Green Infrastructure
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DOI: 10.1007/s13280-020-01372-2
Abstract: Green Infrastructure (GI) research tends to focus on the need for GI to enhance ecological processes, its potential to provide health and economic benefits, and on the barriers preventing its uptake. Yet there has been… read more here.
Keywords: implementation; green infrastructure; infrastructure; potential principles ... See more keywords
Green infrastructure has weak conceptual links with efficient biodiversity conservation
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DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02149-1
Abstract: To reverse biodiversity loss, creating resilient ecological networks has been promoted in policy and practice. However, we argue that emphasising networks within policy without clear conservation prioritisations may direct focus away from ecological processes important… read more here.
Keywords: biodiversity; conservation; policy; ecological processes ... See more keywords
Thomas Panagopoulos. Landscape urbanism and green infrastructure
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DOI: 10.1007/s13412-019-00571-y
Abstract: This book is really a special issue of the peer-reviewed journal Land originally published in 2018. According to the editor’s introduction, this special issue was “to provide a set of contributions regarding the link between… read more here.
Keywords: landscape urbanism; green infrastructure; panagopoulos landscape; urbanism green ... See more keywords
Green infrastructure for coastal flood protection: The longitudinal impacts of green infrastructure patterns on flood damage.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102565
Abstract: The importance of implementing green infrastructure (GI) for flood protection is supported by multiple substantial cross-sectional analyses. Yet, limited longitudinal research has been conducted which addresses how to maintain and improve the configuration of GI… read more here.
Keywords: flood protection; flood; flood damage; green infrastructure ... See more keywords
Effects of roadside green infrastructure on particle exposure: A focus on cyclists and pedestrians on pathways between urban roads and vegetative barriers
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2021.01.017
Abstract: Abstract Roadside green infrastructure (GI) has attracted worldwide attention for its potentials to alleviate local air pollution. However, previous studies have not clearly characterized the effects of roadside GI on personal exposure levels to vehicular… read more here.
Keywords: vegetative barriers; cyclists pedestrians; green infrastructure; exposure ... See more keywords
Influence of green infrastructure on residents' self-perceived health benefits in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103378
Abstract: Abstract There is a growing body of knowledge on the health benefits of green infrastructure (GI) in the built environment. However, the aspects of GI with the most significant positive influence on human health, especially… read more here.
Keywords: residents self; health benefits; health; influence ... See more keywords
The public health benefits of green infrastructure: the potential of economic framing for enhanced decision-making
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.08.003
Abstract: Cities are growing rapidly resulting in changing land cover and reduced levels of green infrastructure globally. Climate change adaptation is now becoming a critical agenda item for cities. The potential for ecosystem-based climate adaptation using… read more here.
Keywords: infrastructure; public health; green infrastructure; climate adaptation ... See more keywords
Urban resilience and green infrastructure systems: towards a multidimensional evaluation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2020.05.001
Abstract: Multifunctional and connected green infrastructure (GI) systems have been linked to urban resilience. Although there have been significant scholarly efforts to assess resilience and to evaluate the benefits of GI, it remains unclear the degree… read more here.
Keywords: urban resilience; infrastructure systems; green infrastructure; resilience ... See more keywords
Regulating Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: assessment of Urban Heat Island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome, Italy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.11.011
Abstract: Abstract The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect is one of the main environmental impacts of urbanization, affecting directly human health and well-being of the city dwellers, and also contributing to worsen environmental quality. As a… read more here.
Keywords: regulating ecosystem; urban heat; heat island; effect ... See more keywords