Recreational

Values Of
Green
Infrastructure
Dissertation Proposal

2nd Sem, M. R A
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I. Title and subject matter.

Recreational values of green infrastructure

II. Statement of research problem.

Introduction:

Have you wondered if green patches of cities are limited to roof of building or balconies or on
outskirts of the city. The open spaces in the city are barely on roads or setbacks of the building. The
simple source of oxygen for city population is somewhere on the edges. Are you happy? Are you
feeling healthy? Isn’t it too much of grey-black infrastructure? However, these infrastructures are
supporting you to sustain but not supporting you to live. The nature blessed places have spaces of
outdoor recreational places but the cities that are land-locked have less outdoor spaces. The recreation
aspects of outdoor spaces are vulnerable over there.

Just as growing communities need to upgrade and expand their grey infrastructure (i.e. roads, sewers,
utilities), so too, they need to upgrade and expand their “green” infrastructure – the network of open
space, woodlands, wildlife habitat, parks and other natural areas, which sustain clean air, water, and
natural resources. Green Infrastructure is a conventional approach to increase quality of life. It is a
valuable resource in cities and encompasses many features in built environment. A single park cannot
provide benefit to city people with nature instead parks should be at community level, roadside and at
centres of city. There should be green infrastructure approach to open space planning. It is therefore
crucial to understand, create, protect and manage this resource to have more resilient, sustainable,
liveable and equitable.

WHAT DOES GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE LOOK LIKE?

Green infrastructure encompasses a wide variety of natural and restored native ecosystems and
landscape features that make up a system of “hubs” and “links.”

Hubs Green infrastructure hubs come in all shapes and sizes and serve different purposes. For
example:

• Reserves – Large protected areas, such as national wildlife refuges or state parks, serve as primary
sites for conserving biological diversity and natural resources such as fisheries and fresh water.
Reserves can also protect important historical and cultural sites, and provide nature-based recreation
opportunities.

• Managed Native Landscapes – Large publicly owned lands, such as our system of National and State
Forests, managed for resource extraction as well as natural and recreational values.

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• Regional Parks and Preserves – Less extensive hubs of regional significance, like the forest preserve
system, provide ecological benefits and conserve biological diversity as well as offer important
compatible resource-based recreational opportunities.

• Cultural/Historic/Recreational Sites – Community parks or cultural/historical sites that provide

recreational opportunities, help protect and interpret a community’s heritage, and can often serve as
an origin or destination for a recreational trail. • Trailheads – Selected ecological, recreational, or
cultural/historic sites with appropriate visitor services that serve as points of origin or destination linked
by trail corridors. Trailheads can occur within rural natural areas and working landscapes or within
urban areas ranging from large metropolitan areas to small communities. Trailheads serve as human
hubs within greenways systems.

The key questions of the study:

 How Does Green Infrastructure Benefit the Environment?

 How to plan, design and implement green infrastructure at different spatial scales.
 What characteristics can be prioritized in green infrastructure to enhance it?
 How green infrastructure can contribute to a sense of place in historic urban environments?
 What is the future of urban green infrastructure?

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