Green Infrastructure Done Right …and for the Right Reasons

2.6. Vinicius Taguchi Green Infrastructure 2/11/2021

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Green Infrastructure Done Right …and for the Right Reasons

Vinicius Taguchi

PhD Candidate – Civil Engineering

Advisors: John Gulliver & Jacques Finlay

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Doing Green Infrastructure Right

• Understand strengths and weaknesses

• Understand context and setting

• Understand what you don’t understand

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What goals drive your stormwater management?

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Do you currently monitor the performance of your

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Ecosystem Services

• Intercept rainwater

• Improve air quality

• Create green spaces

• Mitigate urban heat islands

• Insulate buildings thermally

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• Release dissolved pollutants– Limited water storage

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– Compost occasionally added to aid vegetation establishment

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Green Infrastructure Review Paperdoi.org/10.3390/w12020522

Stormwater Maintenance Paperdoi.org/10.3390/su10103666

Anti Green Gentrification Toolkitcreate.umn.edu/toolkit

Vini [email protected]

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