Greening the city helps us breath more easily
Recent research on air pollution, published in the BMJ based on long-term data, links an increased risk of heart-attack for 100,000 people in five EU countries to exhaust pollution (see BBC News […]
Tag Archives: Green Infrastructure
Storms, Cloudbursts and flooding – learning from Copenhagen
In Denmark the State of Green reports on how city of Copenhagen is rethinking its strategy to sudden storms and the increased risk of flooding exacerbated by the impact of climate […]
A global outlook on urbanisation
Stockholm Resilience Center (SRC) have created an interactive version of the report City Biodiversity Outlook 1 which was launched at the CBD COP in Hyderabad in 2012. With a video […]
Ever wonder where the rain goes?
CIRIA have produced two great little animations that help explain how to manage water in urban spaces by mimicking the ecosystem processes that take place in natural watersheds. Not only does […]
Planning with nature in mind
With growing awareness of the value of multifunctional Green Infrastructure (GI) and of the benefits of Ecosystem Services (ES) provided by nature this new guide will help people plan with […]
The economic case for green-infrastructure
A new report sets out a clearer case for investment in multi-functional green space or Green Infrastructure (GI) by considering its contribution to economic growth. The authors based their conclusions […]
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