Green Infrastructure Assessment: Mapping and Evaluating the Support System for Green Infrastructure Planning in the United States

Since the mid-1990s, the idea of green infrastructure has spread rapidly, and numerous and diverse stakeholders now practice green infrastructure planning at multiple scales nationwide. As the green infrastructure field matures, it is important for its practitioners and champions to assess past accomplishments and future opportunities. To build the capacity of the national network of green infrastructure practitioners, including the Green Infrastructure Community of Practice, and encourage a positive evolution of the green infrastructure movement into the mainstream, Virginia Tech and the National Association regional Councils (NARC) propose a two-y-ear project to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the institutional support system for green infrastructure planning and implementation m the United States. The project will produce a series of specific deliverables, including a final report and "road map" that will 1) describe the current state of practice and existing support system for green infrastructure planning (including how the system is perceived by planners); and 2) evaluate opportunities for improving the support system for green infrastructure planning at multiple scales (including specific recommendations at the national level). The project also will distribute findings to a national audience of professional planners, government program managers, and policymakers at various governmental levels.

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