Green Infrastructure
Learning Objectives
- Recognize green infrastructure as an approach to resilience
- Define green infrastructure
Agenda
- Review Flow Proposal Assignment Links to an external site.
- Slides - Green Infrastructure
- Activity - Identify services provide by Green Infrastructure
- Update on Onondaga Lake
- In class assignment - VT Campus
- Complete Discussion and Assignment
Green Infrastructure
slides Links to an external site.
Onondaga County
Link
Links to an external site.
What Green Infrastructure approaches did they use?
1. Individually, write down how each approach provides services:
- Supporting - ecosystems
- Regulating - control mechanisms
- Provisioning - products
- Cultural - non-materials
2. In your opinion, what is the most important service each green infrastructure provided (i.e. regulating, cultural)?
3. In small groups discuss your answers.
Onondaga County (update)
- Goal to construct 50 distinct green infrastructure projects
- 90% capture/elimination combined sewer overflow volume
- Named one of ten "greenest" cities in US
- Onondaga Lake is exhibiting a remarkable recovery and significant water quality improvements have been documented. Phosphorus, ammonia, and other major pollutants in the lake have decreased substantially.
- Phosphorus discharges to Onondaga Lake from the sewage treatment plant were reduced by approximately 86% between 1993 and 2009. Phosphorus levels in the upper waters are in the best condition in over 100 years.
Discussion
Google "biophilia". In your own words how is biophilia related to green infrastructure? Provide an example of biophilia. Discussion Green Infrastructure Links to an external site.. To help you answer this question here is a manual on biophilic design Download biophilic design and an article on green infrastructure Links to an external site..
Assignment
Complete your Flow Proposal Links to an external site.
References