EAST MIDLANDS
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK LINKS
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SUSTAINABLE CITIES, NEW WEBSITE AIMED AT LOCAL AUTHORITIES FROM CABE Sustainable Cities provides "Help from CABE for people in local authorities working to create better places." The site includes a section on Green Infrastructure which decribe it as ".....the network of green (and blue) elements in and around urban areas. This includes public and private spaces, such as parks, gardens, allotments, cemeteries, trees, green roofs and natural landscape features such as woodland, grassland, moors and wetlands." and states that, "With good planning and design, these green assets can help cities to cope with some of the extreme effects of climate change." Select here for the CABE Website, Sustainable Cities (New Window) >>> |
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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE GUIDE FOR THE EAST MIDLANDS
The Guide, commissioned by EMRA and developed by RNRP and other regional partners aims to assist local delivery vehicles, local authorities and community based initiatives at local and sub regional level and around the UK. Building on the 2005 'East Midlands Green Infrastructure Scoping Study' and the subsequent 'Green Infrastructure for the East Midlands A Public Benefit Mapping Project' studies, the Guide incorpoarates numerous innovative Case Studies from around the region that demonstrate models for effective GI. A pdf of the guide is available below, and has been separated into 3 parts to maintain map quality and download speed. Select here for the East Midlands Green Infrastructure Guide Part 1of 3 (pdf 3Mb, New Window) >>> Select here for the East Midlands Green Infrastructure Guide Part 2 of 3 (pdf 3Mb, New Window) >>> |
Green Infrastructure for the East Midlands - A public benefit mapping project
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(If you are having trouble downloading these files right click on the link and select 'Save Target As' to save the file to your computer) |
Northamptonshire Environmental Character and Green Infrastructure Suite
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The Northamptonshire Environmental Character and Green Infrastructure Suite looks at what makes local environments and landscapes distinctive in Northamptonshire as well as looking at the green infrastructure resources in Northamptonshire and towards Peterborough, and identifies a high level network of green infrastructure resources and opportunities. Northamptonshire Environmental Character and Green Infrastructure Suite (New Window) >>> |
Three Cities and Three Counties Growth Points
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Please select here for the 6Cs micro-site (New window) >>> |
River Nene Regional Park document suite
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The River Nene Regional Park is an independent Community Interest Company creating a green infrastructure network of environmental projects extending from Daventry to Peterborough linking the towns of Northampton, Towcester, Wellingborough, Kettering and Corby. Since the inception of the River Nene Regional Park in 2004 approximately twelve million pounds has been secured for ongoing investment in this area. The River Nene Regional Park team and partners have produced a series of documents to celebrate the work to date and promote the future initiatives. The document suite includes information on the delivery of a Green Infrastructure framework, Climate Change, the Regional Parc concept and River Nene Regional Park. Publications section of the River Nene Regional Park Website (New Window) >>> |
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liftshare.com is a free website which helps people to find someone else going their way so that they can travel more sustainably by sharing their journey. It is completely free to join and makes it easy to share any car journey. Just register your details and the journey you want to share, then do a search for other people going the same way and invite them to share the journey with you. You can also use liftshare.com to find a BUDi to share a bike, taxi or walking journey with. EMGIN promotes sustainable travel, so please follow this link to the liftshare website >>> |
