{"id":10516,"date":"2021-02-11T14:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/?p=10516"},"modified":"2021-02-28T15:16:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:16:41","slug":"green-infrastructure-in-planning-curricula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcp.ufl.edu\/urp\/green-infrastructure-in-planning-curricula\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Infrastructure in Planning Curricula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Green Infrastructure in Planning Curricula<\/em><\/h1>
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URP’s Dr. Christopher Silver and scholars from the United Kingdom make the case for planning programs to teach about green infrastructure (GI) to advance sustainability goals. They found UF’s School of Landscape Architecture and Planning stands out for providing interdisciplinary education about GI.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Green Infrastructure curricula in the UF School of Landscape Architecture and Planning<\/a>: Prof. Michael Volk (second from left) and Dr. Kathryn Frank (behind the camera) lead their combined classes in environmental planning and policy on a tour of the Sweetwater Wetlands Park<\/a>, a constructed wetland and ecological restoration project in Gainesville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frank, A., Flynn, A., Hacking, N., & Silver, C. (2021). More Than Open Space! The Case for Green Infrastructure Teaching in Planning Curricula. Urban Planning<\/em>, 6(1): 63\u201374. https:\/\/www.cogitatiopress.com\/urbanplanning\/article\/view\/3518<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a newly published journal article, “More Than Open Space! The Case for Green Infrastructure Teaching in Planning Curricula,” URP Professor Dr. Christopher Silver<\/strong> and collaborators in the United Kingdom (Cardiff University and University of Birmingham) explain why it is important to include lessons about green infrastructure (GI)<\/strong> in higher education planning curricula. The authors define green infrastructure broadly as “strategically planned networks of natural and semi-natural areas… [that provide a] life support system for communities, which not only contributes to but is essential for environmental and economic sustainability.” GI provisions of “ecosystem services” include water management, air quality enhancement, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and green space amenities for outdoor recreation, the last of which has become particularly relevant for human health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Christopher Silver<\/h3><\/div>
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From the use of urban greenbelts down to green roofs, planners and other professionals, such as landscape architects and environmental engineers, should work together to guide the use of green infrastructure for urban and regional sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GI is far more complex than traditional green space planning and requires particular skill sets for its successful implementation including inter-disciplinary working, enacting multi-institutional governance, and multidisciplinary stakeholder facilitation<\/em>.<\/div>