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<td>Address socio-environmental issues in the community</td> | <td>Address socio-environmental issues in the community</td> | ||
<td>Incorporate GSI as part of an overarching strategy to address socio-environmental concerns</td> | <td>Incorporate GSI as part of an overarching strategy to address socio-environmental concerns</td> | ||
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+ | <td>Reduce costs and/or increasing effectiveness of stormwater management</td> | ||
+ | <td>Select stormwater practices that are most cost cost effective (e.g. have lowest cost per unit of pllutant reduced)</td> | ||
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Example goals and objectives when planning green infrastructure. Also see Multiple benefits of green stormwater infrastructure.
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Example goals | Example objectives |
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Improve water quality, especially in areas with impaired or polluted waterways | Install GSI upland of waterways Preserve buffer zones around waterways |
Alleviate recurring local flooding issues | Install infiltration-based GSI. Reduce imperviousness through GSI |
“Green” highly impervious or urban areas to reduce the urban heat island effect | Increase tree canopy Reduce imperviousness through vegetation-based GSI practices like bioretention practice |
Provide a neighborhood or community amenity | Incorporate GSI as part of a larger neighborhood amenity like a pocket park or playground |
Increase biodiversity and native habitat | Use native vegetation as part of a GSI project |
Address socio-environmental issues in the community | Incorporate GSI as part of an overarching strategy to address socio-environmental concerns |
Reduce costs and/or increasing effectiveness of stormwater management | Select stormwater practices that are most cost cost effective (e.g. have lowest cost per unit of pllutant reduced) |