TY - JOUR
T1 - Setting the Standard for Green Infrastructure
T2 - The Need for, and Features of, a Benchmark in England
AU - Calvert, Tom
AU - Sinnett, Danielle
AU - Smith, Nick
AU - Jerome, Gemma
AU - Burgess , Sarah
AU - King, Louise
PY - 2018/12/31
Y1 - 2018/12/31
N2 - Green infrastructure is an essential component of health and sustainable places. The quality of green infrastructure often represents a missed opportunity to achieve this. This paper presents a review examining how built environment assessment systems evaluate the quality of green infrastructure. This was used to develop proposals for a new benchmark, which were examined by experts in terms of the demand, scope and operation. The findings suggest that current systems are not providing a robust assessment of green infrastructure and that a benchmark for green infrastructure would overcome some of the challenges associated with its planning, design and delivery.
AB - Green infrastructure is an essential component of health and sustainable places. The quality of green infrastructure often represents a missed opportunity to achieve this. This paper presents a review examining how built environment assessment systems evaluate the quality of green infrastructure. This was used to develop proposals for a new benchmark, which were examined by experts in terms of the demand, scope and operation. The findings suggest that current systems are not providing a robust assessment of green infrastructure and that a benchmark for green infrastructure would overcome some of the challenges associated with its planning, design and delivery.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85055127399
U2 - 10.1080/02697459.2018.1531580
DO - 10.1080/02697459.2018.1531580
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-0583
VL - 33
SP - 558
EP - 573
JO - Planning Practice & Research
JF - Planning Practice & Research
IS - 5
ER -