1. Designing green and blue infrastructure to support healthy urban living
- Author
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Gehrels, H., Meulen, S. vsn der, Schasfoort, F., Bosch, P.R., Brolsma, R., Dinter, D. van, Geerling, G.J., Goossen, M., Jacobs, C., Jong, M. de, Kok, S., Massop, H., Oste, L., Perez-Soba, M., Rovers, V., Smit, A., Verweij, P., Vries, B. de, and Weijers, E.
- Subjects
Urban Development ,Urban Mobility & Environment ,CAS - Climate, Air and Sustainability ,ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences ,Environment ,Built Environment - Abstract
There is a growing awareness in cities throughout the world that green and blue infrastructure can offer a wide range of ecosystem services to support a healthy urban environment. For example, landscape architects explore possibilities in their design of the urban landscape to use the potential of green elements for regulating air temperature, air quality, water storage and drainage, and noise reduction. However, the potential benefits of green and blue infrastructure are probably only partially utilized because of a lack of both scientific knowledge and practical understanding of what
- Published
- 2016