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Green Infrastructure, a wealth for cities - URBES Factsheet #6

Resource description:

This URBES factsheet outlines the key components of Green Infrastructure and explores the linkages between the EU Green Infrastructure Strategy and the urban context. Using examples from Barcelona, it presents how cities can use Green Infrastructure to tackle environmental, social and economic challenges, while also becoming more resilient to climate change, improving quality of life, saving money, and strengthening the local economy

Author/Contact:

Thomas Elmqvist

Theme leader, Urban social-ecological systems and globalization

Stockholm Resilience Centre

thomas.elmqvist@su.se

 

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Advantages:

  • Outlines the key components of Green Infrastructure and explores the linkages between the EU Green Infrastructure Strategy and the urban context
  • Presents how cities can use Green Infrastructure to tackle environmental, social and economic challenges
  • Shares Green Infrastructure case study

Constraints:

  • None

Licence:

  • Free, no licence

Development stage:

  • Full, working product
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