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Getting Hard Nosed about Soft - Green - Infrastructure

Getting Hard Nosed about Soft - Green - Infrastructure. Jochen Rabe. UNDER PRESSURE SSW Annual Conference 2010. What is Green Infrastructure?. Green Infrastructure is a vital component of sustainable communities. GI – Common Approach. A Risk Management Strategy.

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Getting Hard Nosed about Soft - Green - Infrastructure

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  1. Getting Hard Nosed about Soft - Green - Infrastructure Jochen Rabe UNDER PRESSURE SSW Annual Conference 2010

  2. What is Green Infrastructure?

  3. Green Infrastructure is a vital component of sustainable communities.

  4. GI – Common Approach

  5. A Risk Management Strategy A sustainable Strategy • Living within environmental limits. (i.e looking after earth’s natural resources and biodiversity) • A strong, healthy and just society (i.e meeting the diverse needs of all people, promoting community cohesion and equal opportunities) • Achieving a sustainable economy (i.e seek prosperity for all, making the ”polluter pay” to address any social and environmental costs of economic activities, efficient use of resources) • Promoting good governance (extensive community engagement) • Using sound science responsibly (using robust evidence base, using “precautionary principle” where impacts unknown) Green Infrastructure

  6. Key Issues for Green Infrastructure • Unrivaled Complexity designed by nature • It is difficult to communicate • An awful lot of people to understand, talk and to agree • Difficult Quantification of the Value of Green Infrastructure • Difficult to prioritise to unlock the value of Green Infrastructure Networks

  7. Germany • Hamburg

  8. Disused Harbour

  9. Natural Swimming Pool Harnes Lagoon, France

  10. Drivers of Change – raising issues • Urbanisation • Demographics • Food • Poverty • Energy • Waste • Climate Change • Water

  11. Green Infrastructure – responding to Drivers of Change Energy Waste Climate Change Food Water Urbanisation Demographics

  12. Arup GI Approach

  13. Input - Output - Analysis: a ‘live’ tool

  14. Integrated planning of Green Infrastructure is the most robust risk management strategy in breadth Over time at intersections in depth

  15. THANK YOU Jochen.Rabe@arup.com

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