Why do we need Green Infrastructure?

With ever-new challenges from an increasing urban sprawl and with population growth within cities showing little sign of slowing down,⁵ our urban spaces are increasingly becoming more compromised. Population growth, progress and the subsequent ‘need’ for consumption such as cars, car parks, buildings, leisure centres, high rise apartments, hotels and more schools, has led to the depletion of our green spaces as a consequence – and with hard surfaces resulting in high levels of surface water run-off; placing added strain on sewer systems and contributing to increased temperatures and, consequently, Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. 
 

Furthermore, through a lack of Green Infrastructure, biodiversity is depleting and clean air is deteriorating; the effects exacerbated by the increasing regularity of flooding incidents caused by climate change.
 

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