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Exploring the concept of green infrastructure in urban landscape. Experiences from Italy, Canada and Finland

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  • Mina di Marino
  • Kimmo Lapintie

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Several disciplines, such as landscape architecture, species conservation and water management, have contributed to the advancement of knowledge of Green Infrastructure (GI). However, doubts remain on the best approach to embed the concept of GI and related components in planning policies and practice. This paper presents a literature review of the scientific and policy frameworks of GI as well as the knowledge gap that exists between academics and practitioners. Furthermore, a discourse analysis of planning documents was conducted in the metropolitan regions of Milan, Montreal and Helsinki. The three metropolitan regions are challenging new forms of cooperation between academics and practitioners. The results show that while studies on GI are used to support planning strategies, they struggle to address spatial, landscape and environmental issues at the local scale. Closer interdisciplinary cooperation between academics, as well as between academics and practitioners, can help to find new approaches to urban landscape.

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  • Mina di Marino & Kimmo Lapintie, 2018. "Exploring the concept of green infrastructure in urban landscape. Experiences from Italy, Canada and Finland," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(1), pages 139-149, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:43:y:2018:i:1:p:139-149
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1300640
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    1. Ambrogio Zanzi & Federico Andreotti & Valentina Vaglia & Sumer Alali & Francesca Orlando & Stefano Bocchi, 2021. "Forecasting Agroforestry Ecosystem Services Provision in Urban Regeneration Projects: Experiences and Perspectives from Milan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(5), pages 1-18, February.
    2. Di Marino, Mina & Tiitu, Maija & Lapintie, Kimmo & Viinikka, Arto & Kopperoinen, Leena, 2019. "Integrating green infrastructure and ecosystem services in land use planning. Results from two Finnish case studies," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(C), pages 643-656.
    3. Renato Monteiro & José C. Ferreira & Paula Antunes, 2020. "Green Infrastructure Planning Principles: An Integrated Literature Review," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-19, December.
    4. Maciej J. Nowak & Renato Monteiro & Jorge Olcina-Cantos & Dimitra G. Vagiona, 2023. "Spatial Planning Response to the Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation: An Analysis of Selected Instruments and Good Practices in Europe," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(13), pages 1-27, July.

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