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Policies Related to Green Infrastructure and Urban Resilience

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The integration of green, gray, and blue infrastructures is known as GI and is acknowledged as an innovative approach to increase the socioeconomic and ecological benefits for people. GI utilizes different strategies such as heat island effect reduction, water management, ecosystem service management, and an integrated approach.

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    Keerththana Kumareswaran & Guttila Yugantha Jayasinghe

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Kumareswaran, K., Jayasinghe, G.Y. (2023). Policies Related to Green Infrastructure and Urban Resilience. In: Green Infrastructure and Urban Climate Resilience. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37081-6_8

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