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==General overview information==
 
==General overview information==
 
*[http://www.usgbc.org/articles/green-infrastructure-back-basics Green infrastructure: Back to basics]: short article on green infrastructure. Contains links to additional articles.
 
*[http://www.usgbc.org/articles/green-infrastructure-back-basics Green infrastructure: Back to basics]: short article on green infrastructure. Contains links to additional articles.
 
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*[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater-management-low-impact-development-and-green-infrastructure Stormwater management: Low-impact development and green infrastructure]: MPCA website with general information and numerous links
  
 
==Websites with extensive information on green infrastructure==
 
==Websites with extensive information on green infrastructure==
 
*[https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/what-green-infrastructure What is Green Infrastructure? - EPA]: EPA's GI website containing information on performance, climate resiliency, research, benefits, cost-benefit resources, policy guides, integrating GI into federal regulatory programs, and a link to EPA's Green Infrastructure Webcast Series
 
*[https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/what-green-infrastructure What is Green Infrastructure? - EPA]: EPA's GI website containing information on performance, climate resiliency, research, benefits, cost-benefit resources, policy guides, integrating GI into federal regulatory programs, and a link to EPA's Green Infrastructure Webcast Series
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*[http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/GI/Pages/index.aspx Green Infrastructure - Using natural systems to meet environmental challenges in urban, rural and coastal settings]: State of Delaware website with links to information on site and landscape GI practices and links to resources
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*[http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/34598 Green Infrastructure - City of Portland Oregon]: City of Portland website. Contains numerous case studies and a summary of numerous GI programs and efforts in the Portland area.
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*[http://www.bluegreencities.ac.uk/bluegreencities/index.aspx BlueGreenCities]: "A Research Consortium in England developed new strategies for managing urban flood risk as part of wider, integrated urban planning intended to achieve environmental enhancement and urban renewal in which multiple benefits of Blue-Green Cities are rigorously evaluated and understood."
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*[https://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=24076 Professional Practice - Green Infrastructure - American Society of Landscape Architects]: This website contains links to hundreds of articles, research studies, and organizations working with GI
  
==Green infrastructure manuals==
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==Green infrastructure manuals and guides==
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*[http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/GI/Documents/Green%20Infrastructure/Green_Infra_Primer2016_FINAL%20web%20version.pdf Green Infrastructure Primer]: State of Delaware, 2016 (52 pages)
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*[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315756004_Blue_Green_Solutions_A_Systems_Approach_to_Sustainable_Resilient_and_Cost-Efficient_Urban_Development Blue Green Solutions. A Systems Approach to Sustainable, Resilient and Cost-Efficient Urban Development]: Bozovic, Ranko; Maksimovic, Čedo; Mijic, Ana; Smith, K.M.; Suter, Ivo; Van Reeuwijk, Maarten; 2017. "This guide presents an innovative framework to systematically unlock the multiple benefits of city natural infrastructure; thus producing resilient, sustainable and cost-effective solutions. The framework is applicable at a building, neighbourhood and city-scale and is suitable both for new and retrofit developments."
  
 
==Benefit-Cost==
 
==Benefit-Cost==
*[http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/GI/Pages/index.aspx Green Infrastructure - Using natural systems to meet environmental challenges in urban, rural and coastal settings]: State of Delaware website with links to information on site and landscape GI practices and links to resources
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*[https://www.cnt.org/sites/default/files/publications/CNT_Value-of-Green-Infrastructure.pdf The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits] - Produced by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. 2010. "This guide distills key considerations involved in assessing the economic merits of green infrastructure practices. It examines the steps necessary to calculate a variety of performance benefits gained by implementing GI strategies and then, where possible, demonstrates simplified illustrative examples that estimate the magnitude and value of these benefits."
  
  
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*[http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/GI/Documents/Green%20Infrastructure/Green_Infra_Primer2016_FINAL%20web%20version.pdf Green Infrastructure Primer]
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*[https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/stormwater-management-low-impact-development-and-green-infrastructure Stormwater management: Low-impact development and green infrastructure]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-Green_Cities Blue-Green Cities]
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-Green_Cities Blue-Green Cities]
*[http://www.bluegreencities.ac.uk/bluegreencities/index.aspx BlueGreenCities]
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*[http://bgd.org.uk/ Blue Green Dream]
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*[http://www.susdrain.org/#_ Sustainable Drain]
 
*[http://www.susdrain.org/#_ Sustainable Drain]
*[http://www.stormwater.asn.au/ Stormwater Australia]
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*[http://savetherain.us/ Save the rain]
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*[https://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=24076 Professional Practice - Green Infrastructure - American Society of Landscape Architects]
 
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_drainage_system Sustainable drainage system]
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_drainage_system Sustainable drainage system]
*[http://www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/34598 Green Infrastructure - City of Portland Oregon]
 
*[https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/green-infrastructure-and-climate-change-collaborating-improve-community Green Infrastructure and Climate Change: Collaborating to Improve Community Resiliency]
 
*[http://www.conservationfund.org/what-we-do/strategic-conservation-planning Green Infrastructure, The Conservation Fund]
 
*[https://www.cnt.org/sites/default/files/publications/CNT_Value-of-Green-Infrastructure.pdf The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits] - Produced by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. 2010. "This guide distills key considerations involved in assessing the economic merits of green infrastructure practices. It examines the steps necessary to calculate a variety of performance benefits gained by implementing GI strategies and then, where possible, demonstrates simplified illustrative examples that estimate the magnitude and value of these benefits."
 

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General overview information

Websites with extensive information on green infrastructure

Green infrastructure manuals and guides

Benefit-Cost

  • The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits - Produced by the Center for Neighborhood Technology. 2010. "This guide distills key considerations involved in assessing the economic merits of green infrastructure practices. It examines the steps necessary to calculate a variety of performance benefits gained by implementing GI strategies and then, where possible, demonstrates simplified illustrative examples that estimate the magnitude and value of these benefits."