UK Launches Green Infrastructure Partnership

On Tuesday, the UK announced the creation of a green infrastructure program, intended to press planners and deveopers to infuse spaces with greenery. Writes Peter Walker, the benefits are beyond aesthetic--they're economic as well.

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October 12, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT

By Judy Chang

"While the green infrastructure partnership, launched on Tuesday morning, promises no new cash, it brings cross-government support and the backing of influential groups such as the Town and Country Planning Association and the Landscape Institute, as well as a series of developers and housing groups."

"Despite the lack of new government investment the project is 'more than an aspiration', insisted the environment minister Richard Benyon, who formally launched the scheme.

'It can sound a bit high blown, or airy fairy, but the point is that it does make a difference in many ways. This is now starting to be properly understood and appreciated in financial terms. Research shows the health benefits of people being connected to nature.'"

FULL STORY: UK government launches scheme to boost green spaces in urban areas

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 in The Guardian

Community / Economic Development Government / Politics Landscape Architecture United Kingdom Green Infrastructure

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