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27th May, 2009
Green infrastructure needs to be taken as seriously as the more familiar 'grey infrastructure' of roads, railways and power lines, argues the Landscape Institute (LI) in a new publication, 'Green Infrastructure: connected and multifunctional landscapes'. The position statement, one of a series produced by the Landscape Institute'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'.
More at: (http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/policy/index.php).
