Green Infrastructure Benefits

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Benefits: Benefits of green infrastructure are more valuable than costs. Green infrastructure has many recreational opportunities. There are many provisions of Green infrastructure like the quality of habitats, ecosystem, and features. There is the increase in volumes of carbons, reduction in soil erosion. Green infrastructure impacts on many lives of the common people like on employment, GDP and local communities. Benefits of the ecosystem were identified in 57% of projects, such as habitat enhancement and conversation of species, and socio-economic benefits and help in increasing awareness of social and environment. A step forward in green infrastructure has been in the economic evaluation. As one of the roles of this is to promote and protect …show more content…

The strategic connection of different components- parks, preserves, wetlands and other green spaces- is vital in maintaining the ecological balance. Further integrating green infrastructure with other developments related to smart cities helps in building a sustainable community.
Critical public investment: The function and benefits of green infrastructure are well known. Recognizing the public benefits is an important first step in providing adequate funding. Green infrastructure provides solutions that address both human needs and benefit the environment and community. State funding is important but not enough, local communities need to rely on locally generated funds as a long term funding source.
Planning for Long Term Operations and Maintenance: Both gray and green infrastructure requires establishment of clear duties of maintenance, a funding mechanism and inspection system. The green infrastructure, however, will also require additional maintenance practices, such as those required to properly identify plants and maintain plants. In addition, green infrastructure is well suited for workforce development programs to create local jobs because of a growing need for employees with skills to install and maintain site-scale …show more content…

Many administrations are skeptical of their long term performance. Also there is a perception of conflict with the concept of ‘smart growth’. Many local governments are reluctant to pursue green infrastructure because they are unfamiliar with its maintenance requirements. The placement of green infrastructure practices on private property also poses challenges. Local administration are in best position to overcome these challenges. Developing a pilot program which focuses on;
• Recognizing multiple benefits of green infrastructure
• Recognizing the economic factors in developing such infrastructure
• Recognizing the maintenance costs of the developed infrastructure
• Developing a maintainence program and outreach programs for private property owners.
Can ease the problems that might arise while developing green infrastructure.

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