Demonstrating the Economic Benefits of Integrated, Green Infrastructure

This paper by Sustainable Edge, Inc., prepared for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, will provide a compelling argument for municipalities to pursue means of developing integrated approaches in the development of services and infrastructure.

Real world and generic illustrations are provided to demonstrate the compelling reasons why municipalities are and should be moving towards integrated green infrastructure approaches.

The intent of this report is to illustrate the economic, social, fiscal and environmental benefits of cooperative planning and development and to provide guidance to municipalities as they forge ahead. Ultimately, this report argues for applying the structure of ecology as “nested integrities” to planning for the functional attributes of sustainable communities, cities and regions.

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Resource: http://kn.fcm.ca/ev.php?URL_ID=5727&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL