Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure

A new generation of infrastructure projects that harness the power of nature can help achieve development goals, including water security and climate resilience. In this report from the World Bank and World Resources Institute, both organizations are calling for green infrastructure, such as mangrov...

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Main Authors: Browder, Greg, Ozment, Suzanne, Rehberger Bescos, Irene, Gartner, Todd, Lange, Glenn-Marie
Format: Book
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank and World Resources Institute 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31430
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spelling okr-10986-314302021-05-25T10:54:37Z Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure Browder, Greg Ozment, Suzanne Rehberger Bescos, Irene Gartner, Todd Lange, Glenn-Marie INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE GREEN GROWTH GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT APPRAISAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CLIMATE RESILIENCE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION RESERVOIRS HYDROPOWER FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT STORM DRAINS IRRIGATION EMBANKMENTS WATERSHED MANAGEMENT WETLANDS FLOOD RETENTION FLOODPLAINS SOIL CONSERVATION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE A new generation of infrastructure projects that harness the power of nature can help achieve development goals, including water security and climate resilience. In this report from the World Bank and World Resources Institute, both organizations are calling for green infrastructure, such as mangroves and wetlands, to play a bigger role in traditional infrastructure planning. Integrating nature into mainstream infrastructure systems can produce lower cost and more resilient services. This report guides developing country service providers and their partners on how to seize this opportunity. It reviews approaches and examples of how to integrate green infrastructure into mainstream project appraisal processes and investments. 2019-03-20T21:22:50Z 2019-03-20T21:22:50Z 2019-03-21 Book 978-1-56973-955-6 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31430 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 World Bank and World Resources Institute Washington, DC: World Bank and World Resources Institute Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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topic INFRASTRUCTURE
RESILIENCE
GREEN GROWTH
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT APPRAISAL
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
RESERVOIRS
HYDROPOWER
FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
STORM DRAINS
IRRIGATION
EMBANKMENTS
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WETLANDS
FLOOD RETENTION
FLOODPLAINS
SOIL CONSERVATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
spellingShingle INFRASTRUCTURE
RESILIENCE
GREEN GROWTH
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECT APPRAISAL
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
CLIMATE RESILIENCE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
RESERVOIRS
HYDROPOWER
FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT
STORM DRAINS
IRRIGATION
EMBANKMENTS
WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
WETLANDS
FLOOD RETENTION
FLOODPLAINS
SOIL CONSERVATION
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE
Browder, Greg
Ozment, Suzanne
Rehberger Bescos, Irene
Gartner, Todd
Lange, Glenn-Marie
Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
description A new generation of infrastructure projects that harness the power of nature can help achieve development goals, including water security and climate resilience. In this report from the World Bank and World Resources Institute, both organizations are calling for green infrastructure, such as mangroves and wetlands, to play a bigger role in traditional infrastructure planning. Integrating nature into mainstream infrastructure systems can produce lower cost and more resilient services. This report guides developing country service providers and their partners on how to seize this opportunity. It reviews approaches and examples of how to integrate green infrastructure into mainstream project appraisal processes and investments.
format Book
author Browder, Greg
Ozment, Suzanne
Rehberger Bescos, Irene
Gartner, Todd
Lange, Glenn-Marie
author_facet Browder, Greg
Ozment, Suzanne
Rehberger Bescos, Irene
Gartner, Todd
Lange, Glenn-Marie
author_sort Browder, Greg
title Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
title_short Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
title_full Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
title_fullStr Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
title_full_unstemmed Integrating Green and Gray : Creating Next Generation Infrastructure
title_sort integrating green and gray : creating next generation infrastructure
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank and World Resources Institute
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31430
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