Green infrastructureorblue-green infrastructureis a network providing the ingredients for solving urban and climatic challenges by building with nature.The main components of this approach includestormwatermanagement, climate adaptation, lessheat stress, morebiodiversity, food production, betterair quality, sustainable energyproduction, clean water andhealthy soils, as well as the moreanthropocentricfunctions such as increasedquality of lifethrough recreation and providing shade and shelter in and around towns and cities.Green infrastructure also serves to provide an ecological framework for social, economic and environmental health of the surroundings.Green Infrastructure is considered a subset of Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, which is defined in standards such asSuRe, the Standard for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. However, green infrastructure can also mean low-carbon infrastructure such as renewable energy infrastructure and public transportation systems (See low-carbon infrastructure).Blue-green infrastructure can also be a component of sustainable drainage systems or sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS or SUDS) designed to manage water quantity and quality, while providing improvements to biodiversity and amenity.
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