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‘Green Infrastructure’ is a term which is now commonly used in policy and practice, however there has been little examination of what the term actually means to those involved with policy development and implementation and why it might be useful as a landscape planning and management tool. This paper reports the initial findings of an initiative to examine issues relating to the use of green infrastructure planning in the North East of England. The project was based on stakeholder workshops where the findings of a literature review were used as a catalyst for the issues to be examined. Analysis of the findings of the project indicates that there is general enthusiasm for the use of green infrastructure amongst local and regional policy-makers, planners, landscape managers and other interested groups in this context. Participants identified clear benefits and priorities for the development of green infrastructure plans and recommended a hierarchical approach relating to landscape scale and existing political boundaries. Achieving multi-functionalism and multiple benefits, plus gaining broad support and addressing ‘liveability’ and quality of life issues all emerged as key points in the study.
Author(s): Roe MH, MacFarlane R, Davies C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Landscape and Urban Planning
Year: 2008
Notes: in process
