Handbook on green infrastructure : planning, design and implementation / edited by Danielle Sinnett, University of the West of England, UK, Nick Smith, University of the West of England, UK, Sarah Burgess, University of the West of England, UK.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sinnett, Danielle (Editor)
Smith, Nick (College teacher) (Editor)
Burgess, Sarah (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]
Subjects:
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable urban development.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Physical Description:xvii, 474 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction / Danielle Sinnett, Nick Smith and Sarah Burgess
  • Green infrastructure and health / Eva Silveirinha de Oliveira and Catharine Ward Thompson
  • The impacts of green infrastructure on air quality and temperature / Matthew J. Tallis, Jorge Humberto Amorim, Carlo Calfapietra, Peter Freer-Smith, Sue Grimmond, Simone Kotthaus, Fabiano Lemes de Oliveira, Ana Isabel Miranda and Piero Toscano
  • Green infrastructure and urban water management / Glyn Everett, Emily Lawson and Jessica Lamond
  • Putting economic values on green infrastructure improvements / Tim Sunderland, Sophie Rolls and Tom Butterworth
  • Green infrastructure and biodiversity in the city : principles and design / Danielle Sinnett
  • Green infrastructure planning : policy and objectives / Ian Mell
  • Planning green infrastructure at a strategic level : experience from The Mersey Forest / Susannah Gill, Paul Nolan, Tom Butlin, Tom Ferguson and Clare Olver
  • Delivering green infrastructure through strategic development : some reflections from Cambridge, UK and Cambridge, USA / Nick Smith
  • Planning green infrastructure from a landscape perspective / Carla Gonçalves and Paulo Silva
  • Planning for urban green infrastructure in metropolitan landscapes / Andreia Quintas
  • Ensuring green infrastructure for all / Clara Greed
  • Multifunctional green infrastructure : a typology / Sarah Burgess
  • Towards inclusive green infrastructure / Sandra Manley
  • The influences of neighbourhood design and quality on residents' use of public open space / Danielle Sinnett, Katie Williams, Morag Lindsay and Carol Dair
  • Green grounds for play and learning : an intergenerational model for joint design and use of school and park systems / Alesandro Rigolon, Victoria Derr and Louise Chawla
  • The contribution of green infrastructure to a sense of place in historic urban environments / Michael Short
  • Landscape, beyond green and grey infrastructure / João Marques-da-Cruz and Eduardo Costa Pinto
  • The governance and management of public green spaces / Nicole Collomb
  • Community involvement in green infrastructure / Annie Coombs
  • Implementing green infrastructure through residential development in the UK / Sarah Payne and Adam Barker
  • Green infrastructure and regeneration of brownfield land / Andy J. Moffat
  • Monitoring and evaluation of green infrastructure : a logic model and ecosystem services approach / Kieron J. Doick and Jeffrey Wilson
  • The future of green infrastructure / Andy J. Moffat, Danielle Sinnett, Nick Smith and Sarah Burgess.