Urban Green Infrastructure Priorities

Urban greening for climate resilient and sustainable cities

It provides national leadership in urban greening, serving as a "one-stop-shop" for towns and cities to access green and blue infrastructure support, resources, and peer connections. The paper highlights grand challenges, priorities , successful case studies and opportunities in urban greening initiatives.

Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) development in the United Kingdom reflects a unique interplay of historical legacies, planning traditions, governance structures, and socio-environmental priorities .

Green Infrastructure

Delivering at every scale, from a hospital or community garden to influencing national policy, the GI Framework provides practical tools for building nature and climate resilience, and much-needed green space for our increasingly urban population.

The Green Infrastructure Standards are being applied in Allestree Park in Derby, a former golf course, which is now set to become one of the UK's largest urban rewilding projects.

Creating a menu of standards for green infrastructure in England