Challenges of mainstreaming green infrastructure in built environment professions

• Published in: Journal of environmental planning and management Vol. 63; no. 4; pp. 710 - 732
• Main Authors: Zuniga-Teran, Adriana A., Staddon, Chad, de Vito, Laura, Gerlak, Andrea K., Ward, Sarah, Schoeman, Yolandi, Hart, Aimee, Booth, Giles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 20.03.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Appropriate technology; Built environment; Case studies; Challenges; cities; Climate change; Community involvement; Community participation; Design standards; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; funding; Green infrastructure; Implementation; Infrastructure; Innovations; Intersectionality; interviews; Literature reviews; Mainstreaming; monitoring; nature-based solutions; occupations; politics; Professions; Public opinion; Resilience; Socioeconomic factors; socioeconomics; stakeholders; stormwater management planning; Urban environments; Urban planning; urban resilience

Green infrastructure (GI) has been identified as a promising approach to help cities adapt to climate change through the provision of multiple ecosystem services. However, GI contributions to urban resilience will not be realized until it is more fully mainstreamed in the built environment and desig...