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The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing it Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits
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Posting Date: January 31, 2018
Year Published: 2018
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This guide distills key considerations involved in assessing the economic merits of green infrastructure practices. It examines the steps necessary to calculate a variety of performance benefits gained by implementing green infrastructure strategies and then, where possible, demonstrates simplified illustrative examples that estimate the magnitude and value of these benefits.
The guide aims to: inform decision-makers and planners about the multiple benefits green infrastructure deliver to communities and guide communities in valuing the benefits of potential green infrastructure investments.
The guide aims to: inform decision-makers and planners about the multiple benefits green infrastructure deliver to communities and guide communities in valuing the benefits of potential green infrastructure investments.
Full Text Word Count: 9384