Green Infrastructure for London: A Review of the Evidence

Abstract

Green infrastructure is a strategic, planned network of natural, semi-natural and artificial features and networks designed and managed to deliver a wide range of ecosystem services and quality of life benefits (European Commission, 2016; European Commission, 2012; Tzoulas et al., 2007; Bowen & Parry, 2015). In an urban setting, green infrastructure networks may include traditional parks, woodlands, wetlands, rivers, private gardens, street trees, allotments, playing fields, cemeteries and newer innovations such as green roofs and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) (GLA, 2015a; Wilebore & Wentworth, 2013). This report reviews the benefits, costs and risks of green infrastructure for air qua..