Tag Archives: Green infrastructure

Exploring and photographing green space / green infrastructure Levenshulme #2

Posted on January 31, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Here are few more photographs of my walk through Highfield Country Park at the New Year. Image credits: Sarah Spanton

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Exploring and photographing green space / green infrastructure in Levenshulme #1

Posted on January 29, 2018 by waymarkingthesketchbook

At the New Year, I spent sometime further exploring my neighbourhood Levenshulme, Manchester – with a walk through Highfield Country Park, a local nature reserve.  This is a great example of a green space which volunteer group Friends of Highfield … Continue reading →

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The social, economic and environmental benefits of Green Infrastructure (GI)

Posted on November 29, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

My interest in Green Infrastructure (GI) (see my three previous posts) in an urban context is in the potential to revalue places differently. That this should be a concern from (combined) social, economic and environmental perspectives. The need to revalue … Continue reading →

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Enhancing public green space: biodiversity and community participation in Cornwall

Posted on November 27, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Another of the GI projects outlined at the recent TCPA conference was delivered by Robert Lacey, Principal Development Officer Strategic Planning Cornwall Council. He described a large-scale research/pilot project (mainly EU funded), and with TCPA as lead principal partner to: Increase biodiversity … Continue reading →

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Beauty, form and function: Sheffield and London

Posted on November 22, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

Following on from my previous post on the recent TCPA GI conference which had a large number of presentations (around 12), I’m going to focus on the issues and ideas arising from just a few of  these. Nigel Dunnett is Professor of Planting Design … Continue reading →

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What is Green Infrastructure anyway?

Posted on October 27, 2017 by waymarkingthesketchbook

This is the first post of several on the subject of Green Infrastructure, as I recently attended TCPA’s (Town and Country Planning Association) conference entitled ‘Small scale, big impact – retrofitting and enhancing green infrastructure’, which has stimulated a thought … Continue reading →

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