green infrastructure
GREEN IN-fruh-struk-cher
ɡriːn ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃərListen
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a network of natural and semi-natural features including parks, street trees, bioswales, green roofs, wetlands, and urban forests that delivers ecological services such as stormwater management, air purification, urban heat island reduction, biodiversity support, and mental health benefits within urban environments; increasingly recognised as essential urban infrastructure alongside grey infrastructure such as pipes and roads; the term emphasises the functional and economic value of urban nature rather than treating it as mere aesthetic amenity
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