Green Infrastructure seminar - 16 July 2009
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On 16 July 2009, the LI, in partnership with WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) presented a seminar on green infrastructure. The speakers' presentations are now available to download here.

 
Green infrastructure from the ground up: the business case for using onsite materials to manufacture new soil; how to capture cost savings; and an explanation of the environmental benefits.
Paul Mathers, Programme Manager, Landscape and Regeneration, WRAP

Green Infrastructure: understanding it and implementing it: theory and case studies illustrating this approach  based on the LI’s recent publication Green Infrastructure: connected and multifunctional landscapes.

Annie Coombs FLI, Landscape Architect

Green infrastructure from a planning perspective: With 55million visitors a year and considerable housing proposed for the surrounding areas, there are increasing pressures on the Chilterns AONB in terms of development and recreation. How can GI help overcome this challenge, how do different planning authorities work together and how can multidisciplinary working deliver real solutions.

Colin White MRTPI, Planning Officer, Chilterns Conservation Board

Green infrastructure applied to the design of new towns: with particular reference to housing and sustainable suburbia. Current schemes to be illustrated include the BRE Innovation Park Scotland and Rowan Road, Merton, both of which will be zero carbon developments.
Peter Wilder CMLI, Director, Macfarlane Wilder Landscape Architects