Dr Danielle Sinnett Danielle.Sinnett@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Green Infrastructure
Global green infrastructure: How is green infrastructure research translated into practice outside the UK?
Sinnett, Danielle; Calvert, Tom; Burgess, Sarah; Smith, Nicholas
Authors
Thomas Calvert Thomas2.Calvert@uwe.ac.uk
Research Fellow in Transport and Urban Planning
Sarah Delisser Sarah2.Burgess@uwe.ac.uk
Nicholas Smith Nicholas12.Smith@uwe.ac.uk
AHOD in Geography & Planning Cluster Leader
Abstract
The Centre for Sustainable Planning and Environments at the University of the West of England, Bristol have been commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council
(NERC) to conduct a review of how the evidence base for Green Infrastructure (GI) is being translated into practice across the international community. This builds on previous work that focussed on the grey literature targeted to a UK audience (Sinnett et al., 2016). This review will inform the future investment in GI from Innovation Programme and Partnerships
within NERC.
We reviewed 26 pieces of grey literature aimed at an international audience. These include those from government departments (e.g. US Department of Agriculture) and global
institutions (e.g. World Bank). Differences in the definition of GI internationally meant that some documents focussed almost exclusively on water management. Others included comprehensive reviews of the health and well-being outcomes associated with the use and presence of GI as well as broader evidence summaries.
The review examined the extent to which academic evidence is cited in the grey literature and which ecosystem services are prioritised in these documents.
Citation
Sinnett, D., Calvert, T., Burgess, S., & Smith, N. (2017). Global green infrastructure: How is green infrastructure research translated into practice outside the UK?
Report Type | Technical Report |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2017 |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Keywords | green infrastructure, ecosystem services, planning, sustainable urban environments |
Files
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