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Green Infrastructure: connected and multifunctional landscapes
Green infrastructure needs to be taken as seriously as the more familiar ‘grey infrastructure’ of roads, railways and power lines, argues the Landscape Institute in a new publication: Green Infrastructure: connected and multifunctional landscapes.
The position statement, one of a series produced by the LI's Policy Committee, argues that Green Infrastructure must have the same priority as more conventional infrastructure. Policy and Public Affairs Officer Stephen Russell says: 'We are faced with a wide range of environmental, social and economic challenges; developing housing to meet demographic changes, ensuring that our environments are resilient to a changing climate, maintaining adequate supplies of water, managing flood risk, securing food and energy supplies and safeguarding against biodiversity loss. If we are to meet these challenges, everyone concerned with the planning, design and management of our places needs to consider a green infrastructure approach’.
Green Infrastructure: connected and multifunctional landscapes can be downloaded free of charge or purchased from the publications section of this site.
Policy development
Policy development at the Landscape Institute is led by the Policy Committee which consists of 13 members, supported by Secretariat staff. The main responsibilities of the the Policy Committee include:
- Taking a lead on the direction and content of the Landscape Institute's Position Statements;
- Acting as a first point of contact for Secretariat staff in the development of Landscape Institute responses to public policy consultations; and
- Representing the Landscape Institute at external events, such as conferences, workshops and seminars.
This activity aims to contribute to the Landscape Institute's overall objective of inspiring great places where people want to live, work and visit.
