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Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources

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Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) is a planned network of natural and semi- natural areas that utilise natural processes to improve water quality and manage water quantity by restoring the hydrological function of the urban landscape and managing stormwater.

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    Ibid.

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    U.S. EPA. 2010. Green Infrastructure in Arid and Semi-Arid Climates. Available: https://www3.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/arid_climates_casestudy.pdf.

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    Wagner, I., Krauze, K. & Zalewski, M. 2013. Blue Aspects of Green Infrastructure. Sustainable Development Applications, 4, 145–155.

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    Ibid.

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    City of Atlanta. 2014. Green Infrastructure Stormwater Management Practices for Small Commercial Development. Available: http://www.atlantawatershed.org/default/?linkServID=1AFC1C1A-0759-4A76-B548DA30ABEA4069&showMeta=2&ext=.pdf.

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    City of Seattle. 2015. Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Seattle: Implementation Strategy 2015–2020. Available: http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/OSE/GSI_Strategy_Nov_2015.pdf.

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    PUB. 2013. Managing Urban Runoff – Drainage Handbook. Available: https://www.pub.gov.sg/Documents/managingUrbanRunoff.pdf.

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    Ibid.

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    U.S. EPA. 2015. Green Infrastructure: Opportunities that Arise During Municipal Operations. Available: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/green_infrastructure_roadshow.pdf.

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    U.S. EPA. 2015. Green Infrastructure: Opportunities that Arise During Municipal Operations. Available: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-09/documents/green_infrastructure_roadshow.pdf.

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    UK Green Building Council. 2015. UK-GBC Task Group Report: Demystifying Green Infrastructure. Available: https://www.ukgbc.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Demystifying-Green-Infrastructure-report-FINAL.pdf.

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Brears, R.C. (2018). Blue-Green Infrastructure in Managing Urban Water Resources. In: Blue and Green Cities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59258-3_2

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