Green infrastructure definition

Green infrastructure means a stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by:

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Green infrastructure means methods of stormwater management that reduce wet weather/stormwater volume, flow, or changes the characteristics of the flow into combined or separate sanitary or storm sewers, or surface waters, by allowing the stormwater to infiltrate, to be treated by vegetation or by soils; or to be stored for reuse. Green infrastructure includes, but is not limited to, pervious paving, bioretention basins, vegetated swales, and cisterns.”

Green infrastructure means a stormwater management measure that manages

Examples of Green infrastructure in a sentence

Green infrastructure is included in the area surface and linear surface systems, and stormwater collection is included in the underground systems project type.
Green infrastructure approaches identified in Phase 1 and prioritized in Phase 2 may include: soil amendments, tree plantings, bioretention, bioswales, centralized detention, retention and infiltration and management of large “cloudburst” flows using the street surfaces as conveyance (i.e., managed flooding).
Green infrastructure planning is becoming increasingly familiar to a wide range of professionals involved in economic and land use planning.
Green infrastructure plays a critical role to protect the city and residents against the impact of heavy winds, sea level raise, landslide and erosion.
Public Access, Open Space, and Recreation Green infrastructure projects that prioritize public access, open space, and recreation can support the creation of high quality spaces that are engaging, aesthetically pleasing, and support the community's well-being by offering opportunities to socialize, recreate, and interact with green infrastructure.

More Definitions of Green infrastructure

Green infrastructure means a wide array of practices at multiple scales that manage wet weather and that maintains or restores natural hydrology by infiltrating, evapotranspiring, or harvesting and using stormwater. On a regional scale, green infrastructure is the preservation or restoration of natural landscape features, such as forests, floodplains and wetlands, coupled with policies such as infill and redevelopment that reduce overall imperviousness in a watershed. On the local scale, green infrastructure consists of site and neighborhood- specific practices, such as bioretention, trees, green roofs, permeable pavements and cisterns.

Green infrastructure means a wide array of natural assets

Green infrastructure. (N.J.A.C. 7:8) means a stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by: 1. Treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil;

Green infrastructure means a stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by (1) treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil; (2) treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation or soil; or (3) storing stormwater runoff for reuse.

Green infrastructure means, for purposes of this Consent Decree, the range of stormwater control measures that use plant/soil systems, permeable pavement, or stormwater harvest and reuse, to store, infiltrate, or evapotranspirate stormwater and reduce flows to the combined sewer system. Green infrastructure may include, but is not limited to, bioretention and extended detention wetland areas as well as green roofs and cisterns.

Green infrastructure means using vegetation, soils, and natural processes (through evaporation, filtration, sequestration, reuse, runoff) to help create healthier urban environments through land and water management. At the scale of a city or county, green infrastructure refers to the patchwork of natural areas that provides habitat, flood protection, cleaner air, and cleaner water. At the scale of a neighborhood or site, green infrastructure refers to Low Impact Design and stormwater management

Green infrastructure means an approach to wet weather management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly, which incorporates management approaches and technologies that infiltrate, evapotranspire, capture and reuse stormwater to maintain or restore natural hydrologies. Green infrastructure practices include, but are not limited to open space, rain gardens, porous pavements, green roofs, infiltration planters, trees and tree boxes, swales, and curb extensions.