Abstract
AbstractBlue-green infrastructure (BGI), combining semi-natural and engineered elements, offers multifaceted benefits like stormwater management, water purification, heat mitigation, and habitat provision. However, current BGI designs prioritize engineering goals, overlooking its ecological potential. Here we advocate for integrating engineering and ecological objectives into BGI design to enhance performance and biodiversity. Through an interdisciplinary literature review, we emphasize the importance of species diversity, abundance, and ecological processes, to improve engineering performance and resilience, and lower management costs. We emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration to navigate trade-offs between engineering and ecological objectives, ultimately enabling us to engineer both for and with biodiversity.
Funder
Cook, Lauren reports financial support was provided by ETH Board.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Reference141 articles.
1. Matsler, A. M., Meerow, S., Mell, I. C. & Pavao-Zuckerman, M. A. A ‘green’chameleon: Exploring the many disciplinary definitions, goals, and forms of “green infrastructure”. Landsc. Urban Plan. 214, 104145 (2021).
2. Fletcher, T. D. et al. SUDS, LID, BMPs, WSUD and more – The evolution and application of terminology surrounding urban drainage. Urban Water J. 12, 525–542 (2015).
3. Davis, A. P., Hunt, W. F. & Traver, R. G. Green Stormwater Infrastructure Fundamentals and Design. (John Wiley & Sons, 2022).
4. Probst, N., Bach, P. M., Cook, L. M., Maurer, M. & Leitão, J. P. Blue Green Systems for urban heat mitigation: mechanisms, effectiveness and research directions. Blue-Green Syst. 4, 348–376 (2022).
5. Ghofrani, Z., Sposito, V. & Faggian, R. A comprehensive review of blue-green infrastructure concepts. Inter Int. J. Environ. Sustain. 6, 1 (2017).
Cited by
4 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献