[PDF] Top 20 Using green infrastructure to improve urban air quality (GI4AQ)

... cleaner air, as recognised in operational air quality models ...of air from source to receptor, and may also promote dilution by enhancing ... See full document

... of green space. A narrow approach to handling the depletion of urban green spaces with much emphasis given to urbanisation may worsen the problem since other major challenges may not be attended ... See full document

... comprehensively, green infrastructure used in water management has gained a range of nomenclature and acronyms defining different, or sometimes very much the same, elements, designs and purposes: Low Impact ... See full document

... on urban forests in Africa was the impetus for two studies to determine public perceptions on the ES rendered by these forests (Adekunle, Agbaje, & Kolade, 2013; Sutherland, Sim, Buthelezi, & Khumalo, ... See full document

... integrating Green Infrastructure, ecosystem and human ...GR: green roofs; UP: urban parks; GC: green corridors; EC: encapsulated countryside; DL: derelict land; HG: housing green ... See full document

... the air, weighing in at less than 30 kilograms per square ...improved air quality, lower energy consumption, providing a natural shield between weather and ...live, urban or suburban, cold or ... See full document

... by urban green infrastructure (UGI) to city planners is its multifunctionality, being able to provide environmental, social and economic ecosystem service benefits (EC, 2012; SCU, ...flooding, ... See full document

... Urban green infrastructure is a planning and design strategy which improves urban green space systems to be multifunctional green and blue networks (Shi, 2008; Tzoulas et ...of ... See full document

... Altering green roof design to facilitate greater moisture retention and enable the existence of a less drought-tolerant flora and fauna has been recommended in several papers (Grant et ...Wollishofen green ... See full document

... in urban contexts (Farrelly and Brown, ...into urban drainage policy and ...in urban design and management (Grant, 2012) helping overcome ignorance surrounding the potential values of urban ... See full document

... to improve access to groundwater for rural communities and small towns is a no-regrets ...storage infrastructure has been considered (Orindi and Murray 2005), although designs need to consider uncertainties ... See full document

... Abstract Air quality management involves the determination of the relative contribution of current or future source emissions at receptor sites to ground level pollutant concentrations coupled with ... See full document

... the urban environment will indicate design benefits of select infrastructure components and generate recommendations to achieve multiple ...Blue- Green design by the stakeholder community is ... See full document

... The physical expansion of the city is always bound and guided by land ownership, and natural and manmade obstacles. A city replaces existing land use. Thus, it is necessary to determine existing land use as a ... See full document

... The concept of smart city clearly defines it is a different things to different cities. Area based development plays a vital role in the term of smart city project which enhances the quality of life and the ... See full document

... sustainable urban planning and green infrastructure have ...of urban greening is also hindering this process ...extensive urban tree coverage to facilitate growth of New Delhi’s ... See full document

... As mentioned in Section 4, it is important to have a ground truth for data processing. However, unlike in a Lab environment, con- ditions in real environments do not have a control, which results in obtaining a ground ... See full document

... adopting green has varied across ...adopted green initiatives to stabilize rising energy costs, while automobile companies have seen it as an opportunity to launch electric and hybrid cars to meet ... See full document

... certifications using specific criteria that measure environmental development and the supervision of sustainable community development, it emphasizes the objectives of environmental, social and economic ... See full document

... high quality research, this would help it share robust evidence (which would also maintain trust and ...good quality, useful outputs could enhance the portfolio of an ... See full document