- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Advancing Urbanization
- 2 Sustainable Cities
- 3 Four Asian Tigers
- 4 Cities as Opportunities
- 5 Critical Environmental Education
- 6 Environmental Justice
- 7 Sense of Place
- 8 Climate Change Education
- 9 Community Assets
- 10 Trust and Collaborative Governance
- 11 Environmental Governance
- 12 Nonformal Educational Settings
- 13 Community Environmental Education
- 14 School Partnerships
- 15 Sustainable Campuses
- 16 Early Childhood
- 17 Positive Youth Development
- 18 Adult Education
- 19 Intergenerational Education
- 20 Inclusive Education
- 21 Educator Professional Development
- 22 Cities as Classrooms
- 23 Environmental Arts
- 24 Adventure Education
- 25 Urban Agriculture
- 26 Ecological Restoration
- 27 Green Infrastructure
- 28 Urban Digital Storytelling
- 29 Participatory Urban Planning
- 30 Educational Trends
- Afterword
- Contributors
- Index
Green Infrastructure
Green Infrastructure
- Chapter:
- (p.261) 27 Green Infrastructure
- Source:
- Urban Environmental Education Review
- Author(s):
Laura B. Cole
Timon McPhearson
Cecilia P. Herzog
Alex Russ
, Alex Russ, Marianne E. Krasny- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter examines opportunities for using green infrastructure in classroom and after-school activities and strengthening student contact with and attachment to their local environment. Education about green infrastructure refers to the learning opportunities provided by infrastructure projects in cities, where ecosystem services are intertwined with human development and can teach fundamental lessons about systems thinking, sustainability, and resilience. In addition, education for green infrastructure emphasizes the need for increased public education regarding the benefits of green infrastructure, which could increase public support, management, and stewardship of present and future green infrastructure projects. The chapter considers the ways that urban environmental education in, about, and for green infrastructure can improve human–nature connections in the city.
Keywords: green infrastructure, cities, ecosystem services, systems thinking, sustainability, resilience, urban environmental education
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- Title Pages
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 Advancing Urbanization
- 2 Sustainable Cities
- 3 Four Asian Tigers
- 4 Cities as Opportunities
- 5 Critical Environmental Education
- 6 Environmental Justice
- 7 Sense of Place
- 8 Climate Change Education
- 9 Community Assets
- 10 Trust and Collaborative Governance
- 11 Environmental Governance
- 12 Nonformal Educational Settings
- 13 Community Environmental Education
- 14 School Partnerships
- 15 Sustainable Campuses
- 16 Early Childhood
- 17 Positive Youth Development
- 18 Adult Education
- 19 Intergenerational Education
- 20 Inclusive Education
- 21 Educator Professional Development
- 22 Cities as Classrooms
- 23 Environmental Arts
- 24 Adventure Education
- 25 Urban Agriculture
- 26 Ecological Restoration
- 27 Green Infrastructure
- 28 Urban Digital Storytelling
- 29 Participatory Urban Planning
- 30 Educational Trends
- Afterword
- Contributors
- Index