Blue-Green Infrastructure and Resilience

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Course Outline

  1. Urbanization and Infrastructure Need
  2. Green and Blue Infrastructure Concepts
  3. Integrated Blue-Green Systems
  4. Blue-Green Interconnections
  5. Sustainable Development Benefits
  6. Climate Resilience and Indian Context
  7. Ecosystem Services and Infrastructure
  8. Implementation Challenges and Research Gaps

1. Urbanization and Infrastructure Need

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Blue-green infrastructure : Treats natural and semi-natural systems as important components of urban infrastructure by combining blue water systems, green ecological systems and built infrastructure to address environmental and societal challenges.

★ Must-know

  • Rapid urban expansion transforms natural and semi-natural land into built-up surfaces, reducing vegetation and infiltration while increasing runoff, flooding and water stress.

Further detail

  • Urbanization can reduce shade, evapotranspiration, habitat availability and ecological connectivity by replacing vegetation, wetlands, streams and ponds with buildings, roads and conventional infrastructure.
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1. What hydrological change commonly results when rapid urban expansion replaces natural and semi-natural land with built-up surfaces?

2. When vegetation, wetlands, streams, and ponds are replaced by buildings and roads, which ecological change is most likely?

3. Which description best defines green infrastructure?

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What happens to natural land during rapid urban expansion?

It transforms into built-up surfaces.

How does urban expansion affect vegetation and water infiltration?

It reduces vegetation and infiltration.

What increases due to rapid urban expansion?

Runoff, flooding, and water stress increase.

What is blue-green infrastructure?

It combines blue water systems, green ecological systems, and built infrastructure.

What does blue-green infrastructure treat as important urban components?

Natural and semi-natural systems.

What is green infrastructure according to the European Commission 2019?

A strategically planned network of natural and semi-natural areas delivering ecosystem services and social benefits.

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