Green infrastructure, green space, and sustainable urbanism: geography’s important role

《Green infrastructure, green space, and sustainable urbanism: geography’s important role》

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作者单位: Department of Geography, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

摘要: This paper is a broad review of green infrastructure theory and practice relative to urban sustainability and the space for geographers in these discussions. We use examples from various urban sustainability plans to highlight ways in which green infrastructure is being conceptualized and implemented. We explore how geography contributes research on green infrastructure as well as the emerging practices as seen within sustainability plans. We identify four areas in which geographers can influence both green infrastructure theory and practice: 1) scale; 2) mapping distribution; 3) sensitivity to place and locale; and 4) equity and access. We conclude that in these areas geographers have tremendous opportunity contribute more deliberately to sustainable urbanism.KEYWORDS: Green space, green infrastructure, urban geography, urban sustainabilityAdditional informationDisclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.