Location:
Annapolis, MD
Event Date:
February 9, 2009 – February 11, 2009
Description:
Increasingly, municipalities are regulating their Green Infrastructure in order to ensure that development patterns and watershed-scale stormwater management techniques are ecologically sensitive and safeguard important resources such as drinking water, agricultural land, wildlife habitat, parks and other open spaces for enjoyment. However, at the regional, state, or local level, designing, implementing, and managing Green
This session will highlight the problems and gaps in current knowledge. The following are the workshop’s goals:
- To create a scientific foundation for Green Infrastructure applications that may be used at many scales and across the landscape spectrum
- To create a research/information requirement set for Green Infrastructure as a critical tool in ecological, social, and economic conservation and restoration, as well as climate change adaptation
- The Mid-Atlantic Green Infrastructure Consortium (MAGIC) was formed to create a vibrant community of practice around Green Infrastructure in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Focus:
Natural Environment
Built Environment
Recreation
Social/Economic Health
Scale:
City/Town
County
Multi-county
State
Multi-state / Region
Region:
Mid-Atlantic