GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING SYSTEM AS A TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
IKUGBE, Cyril E., HASSAN, Shehu T., SHOYEMI, Saheed A. AND ADEPEGBA, Ifeoluwa E, Volume 5 Issue 1, 2021 Pages 71-79, Published: 2022-10-02
Abstract
Modern approaches to urban planning assume the dualistic nature of urban green infrastructure. On the other hand, green infrastructure (GI) is as an integrated network of natural and semi-natural areas, featuring a delivery of various benefits to humans’ .Green infrastructure programs and strategies are regarded as planning opportunities to promote sustainable and resilient urban development. However, the discourse about green infrastructure policy and its effectiveness has pointed to the limited success in practical implementation. Since the green infrastructure has no planning status in its own right, it depends on being embedded in comprehensive urban and regional planning approaches if it is to have an impact on sustainable and resilient urban development. At the same time spatial planning may contribute in providing a platform for its institutionalization. The need for this paper was as a result of poor urban infrastructural development. The paper first looks at the contents of urban resilience. The paper also discussed the principles for planning resilient cities. The ways green infrastructure initiatives can foster the principles contributing to building urban and regional resilience were emphasized. There are challenges facing the institutionalization of green infrastructure initiatives. In conclusion, there should be future role of spatial planning in the process of institutionalizing green infrastructure strategies.