Summary report shows communities and local authorities how well-planned and managed green infrastructure can deliver multiple benefits to themselves and businesses.
9th Canadian Urban Forest Conference highlight the importance of including the benefits of urban forests in the tool kits of decision makers who impact cities and towns.
Towns and cities tend to put into sharp relief some of the key problems we are facing as a society. So they are a good place to start when try to illustrate just where green spaces can deliver significant improvements for relatively little cost.
Briefiing Report on Multifunctional Urban Green Infrastructure – by CIWEM
May 2010
This briefing report is aimed at policy-makers and practitioners and discusses the drivers and barriers to increasing green infrastructure provision in towns and cities.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a nonprofit conservation and education organization of nearly one million members, with a mission to inspire people to plant, celebrate and nurture trees.
The rating system is modelled after the highly successful LEED Green Building rating system and encourages conservation and restoration of coastal landscapes. The rating system will increase the knowledge, demand, and market for green coastal design.
The Trust conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic sites, rural lands, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come.
Southern Ontario has lost 99 per cent of its older growth forest, more than 94 per cent of its upland forests, and 70 per cent of its wetlands. Trees Ontario is committed to the re-greening of Ontario through a range of tree planting activities.
The city's temperature is lower because it has so many trees and woodlands 'sucking' heat from the air. The phenomenon is described as 'heat absorption within urban areas'.
SANYA Beijing – new urbanism in harmony with nature
SANY, the largest heavy equipment manufacturer in China and one of the top 10 heavy equipment manufacturers in the world, wanted to create a memorable visitor experience.
