Setting the Standard for Green Infrastructure: The Need for, and Features of, a Benchmark in England

Calvert, Tom; Sinnett, Danielle; Smith, Nick; Jerome, Gemma; Burgess, Sarah; King, Louise

Abstract

© 2018, © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Green infrastructure is an essential component of health and sustainable places. The quality of green infrastructure often represents a missed opportunity to achieve this. This paper presents a review examining how built environment assessment systems evaluate the quality of green infrastructure. This was used to develop proposals for a new benchmark, which were examined by experts in terms of the demand, scope and operation. The findings suggest that current systems are not providing a robust assessment of green infrastructure and that a benchmark for green infrastructure would overcome some of the challenges associated with its planning, design and delivery.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Acceptance Date: Oct 1, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Oct 15, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 20, 2018
• Deposit Date: Oct 2, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 19, 2018
• Journal: Planning Practice and Research
• Print ISSN: 0269-7459
• Electronic ISSN: 1360-0583
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 558-573
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2018.1531580
• Keywords: green infrastructure, planning, sustainable development
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/855163
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2018.1531580
• Contract Date: Oct 2, 2018