Global Green Infrastructure - Lessons for Successful Policy-Making, Investment and Management

Informationen zum Autor Ian Mell is a Lecturer in Planning & Civic Design at the University of Liverpool. He teaches and researches green infrastructure and planning issues across the world, evaluating the opportunities and disconnects between landscape planning strategy, policy and practice. Klappentext Drawing together evaluations of green infrastructure policy-making and practice from across the world Global Green Infrastructure illustrates where successful practices can be identified. Zusammenfassung Drawing together evaluations of green infrastructure policy-making and practice from across the world Global Green Infrastructure illustrates where successful practices can be identified. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Ian Mell, Ian (University of Liverpool Mell, Mell Ian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2016
• EAN: 9781138854642
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85464-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, environmental science, engineering & technology, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Human Geography, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Landscape architecture and design, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design