Using Meta-Analysis to Assess Benefits of Green Infrastructure Investments: Application to Small Urban Projects in Hinesville, GA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Landry ◽  
J. Scott Pippin ◽  
Mohammadreza Zarei
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Infrastructure Investments

scholarly journals Green Infrastructure in the Urban Environment: A Systematic Quantitative Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Parker ◽  
Maria Elena Zingoni de Baro
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Health Trends ◽  
Geological Information

Increased levels of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, a legacy of the industrial revolution, population growth pressures, and consumerist lifestyle choices, are the main contributors to human-induced climate change. Climate change is commensurate of warming temperatures, reductions in rainfall, increased frequency of extreme weather events, and contributions toward declining public health trends. Green Infrastructure (GI) presents diverse opportunities to mediate adverse effects, while simultaneously delivering human health, well-being, environmental, economic, and social benefits to contemporary urban dwellers. To identify the current state of GI knowledge, a systematic quantitative literature review of peer-reviewed articles (n = 171) was undertaken using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method. Temporal publication trends, geographical and geological information of research efforts, as well as research focus areas were recorded and reported against each article. The findings of this review confirm the research area to be in a state of development in most parts of the world, with the vast majority of the research emerging from the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Cooler climates produced the majority of research, which were found largely to be of a traditional research article format. The GI research area is firmly dominated by foci comprising planning and policy, environmental and ecological, and social content, although modest attempts have also appeared in health and wellbeing, economic, and quality/performance of green infrastructure areas. Knowledge gaps identified by this review as requiring attention for research growth were identified as: (i) the ambiguity of terminology and the limited broad understanding of GI, and (ii) the absence of research produced in the continents of Asia and South America, as well as in regions with warmer climates, which are arguably equally valuable research locations as cooler climate bands.

scholarly journals Urban Ecosystem Services: A Review of the Knowledge Components and Evolution in the 2010s

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 9839
Author(s):  
Wanmo Kang ◽  
Jinhyung Chon ◽  
GoWoon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Urban Ecosystem ◽  
Power Law Distribution ◽  
Distribution Fitting ◽  
Urban Ecosystem Services ◽  
Network Characteristics ◽  
Scale Free

In an effort to reconnect urban populations to the biosphere, which is an urgent task to ensure human sustainability, the concept of urban ecosystem services (UES) has recently garnered scholarly and political attention. With an aim to examine the emerging research trends and gaps in UES, we present an up-to-date, computer-based meta-analysis of UES from 2010 to 2019 by implementing a keyword co-occurrence network (KCN) approach. A total of 10,247 author keywords were selected and used to analyze undirected and weighted networks of these keywords. Specifically, power-law distribution fitting was performed to identify overall UES keyword trends, and clusters of keywords were examined to understand micro-level knowledge trends. The knowledge components and structures of UES literature exhibited scale-free network characteristics, which implies that the KCN of the UES throughout the 2010s was dominated by a small number of keywords such as “urbanization”, “land use and land cover”, “urban green space” and “green infrastructure”. Finally, our findings indicate that knowledge of stakeholder involvement and qualitative aspects of UES are not as refined as spatial UES approaches. The implications of these knowledge components and trends are discussed in the context of urban sustainability and policy planning.

The contribution of constructed green infrastructure to urban biodiversity: A synthesis and meta‐analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (9) ◽  
pp. 2131-2143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Filazzola ◽  
Namrata Shrestha ◽  
J. Scott MacIvor
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Urban Biodiversity

The use of economic valuation to create public support for green infrastructure investments in urban areas

2011 ◽  
Vol 103 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Vandermeulen ◽  
Ann Verspecht ◽  
Bert Vermeire ◽  
Guido Van Huylenbroeck ◽  
Xavier Gellynck
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Infrastructure Investments
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