The library has been sorted by area of work, topic area, resource type and publishers. The areas of work include: Climate Change, Healthy Place-making, Garden Cities and New Towns, Community Participation and Social Justice, Parks and Green Infrastructure, and Planning Reform.
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Expert paper: Planning for green infrastructure- the green space factor and learning from Europe
By Peter Massini, Green Infrastructure, Greater London Authority and Henry Smith, TCPA – a paper tracking tracks the use of the Green Space Factor as a tool to deliver high-quality places in various cities across Europe – Dec 2018
Expert paper: Health, wealth and happiness
By Erin Gianferrara and Janine Boshoff, eftec – a paper on the relationship between green infrastructure and health – June 2018
Green Infrastructure Events Calendar
This calendar includes green infrastructure events from the UK and around the world.
Green Infrastructure Partnership Newsletter
Members of the Green Infrastructure Partnership receive a newsletter ten times a year, with updates about funding, policy, research, projects and more.
Mainstreaming green infrastructure
This free database, coordinated by Professor Alister Scott, works to ensure that green infrastructure is accessible to everyone and compiles information on its economic, health and wellbeing benefits. The website publishes key organisations, reports, tools and research papers on the subject.
The Green Space Factor and the Green Points System
This paper presents advice on how to implement the Green Space Factor, a tool for calculating green infrastructure requirements for new developments.
Building with Nature
Building with Nature is an assessment and accreditation service for green infrastructure in housing and commercial development. The tool measures three key themes: wellbeing, water and wildlife, aligning each with local policy contexts and ensuring commitments to long-term maintenance.
Green Flag Awards
The Green Flag Awards scheme recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting a benchmark standard for the management of recreational outdoor spaces across the UK and around the world. Communities can nominate their shared green spaces for a green flag award, which will help encourage others to achieve similar standards and further protect the nations parks.
Managing grassland road verges
The conservation charity Plantlife has created a guide for managing road verges to improve biodiversity.
Green Infrastructure Resource Library
The Green Infrastructure Resource Library (GIRL) is a unique database of documents, case-studies, videos, tools and other information about green infrastructure and its benefits and is free to use.
Town & Country Planning Journal Special Edition – Mainstreaming green infrastructure
A special edition of the journal Town & Country Planning, guest edited by Professor Alister Scott. Using case studies from around the world, this special edition of our monthly journal explores academic, policy and practice articles to signpost how green infrastructure can be better configured, communicated and employed to deliver responsible placemaking.
Green Cities UK brochure
Why local leaders are prioritising investment in making towns and cities greener
