ANNEX TO MILESTONE 7
Delivery date
April 2013
Status
Final draft
Author(s)
Mauro Salvemini, Laura Berardi
(SAPIENZA)
The document titled " Milestone 7 - Economic model green roofs, walls and courtyards " has been
issued by Comune di Roma according to the approach generally applied by public authorities
which privilege to base documents on their own experiences conducted specially in the past.
Nevertheless it is wise to consider that at international level relevant other contemporary initiatives
are taking places about green infrastructures planning, analyzing and widely considering. The
following short and essential bibliography intends to offer some thinking references and solid
documentation for treating the issue in a wider perspective. The green infrastructure approach is
strongly depending on the endemic structural characteristics of the hosting settlement and the
territorial context in which it seats. Some best practices ideas may be derived but they should not
be considered from the contextual reference of the city. In order to do that it should be wise to
map each sample and/or best practice, even if not listed below, against a general well recognized
context of theories, techniques and realizations. The listed documents contain reports and manuals
which are widely recognized as reference documents for the ongoing research and practice of
green infrastructures. Another useful short list, even if not exhaustive contains already recognised
best practices in other cities. This also helps the referencing of Rome document to other contexts.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/Green-Infrastructure-Guide-TCPA-TheWildlifeTrusts_0.pdf
Town and Country Planning Association, Planning for a healthy environment – Good practice
guidance for green infrastructure and biodiversity, 2012.
This guidance is design to offer advice to planning practitioners on how GI and biodiversity can
be enhanced and protected through the planning system. It summarises the latest policy drivers
and distils the best of the current policy responses.
2. http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/cbo-booklet-2012-en.pdf
Stockholm University, Cities and Biodiversity Outlook, Action and Policy, 2012.
Cities and Biodiversity Outlook (CBO) brings into sharp focus not only the extraordinary wealth
of urban biodiversity but also its role in generating ecosystem services upon which large and
small urban populations and communities rely for their food, water, and health. This text reveals
not only how the GI provides those ecosystem services but also its importance in strategies of
social economic development.
3. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/soil/pdf/soil_sealing_guidelines_en.pdf
European Commission, Guidelines on best practice to limit, mitigate or compensate soil
sealing, 2012.
This Commission Staff Working Document describes approaches based on limiting, mitigating
and compensating for the effects of soil sealing which have been implemented in the Member
States. GI, in this context, represents one of the tools for “soil sealing mitigation”.
4. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/info/pubs/docs/greeninfrastructure.pdf
European Commission, Green Infrastructures, June 2010.
The European Commission is developing a strategy for an EU-wide Green Infrastructure as part
of its post-2010 biodiversity policy. In this text it’s described how the GI can be an aid to
maintaining healthy ecosystems and consequently how it can represents an economic support.
5. http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/PDF/Contribute/GreenInfrastructurepositionstatement13May09.pdf
Landscape Institute, Green infrastructure, connected and multifunctional landscapes, May 2009.
In this document the Landscape Institute shows how, with an improved understanding of the
concept, greater policy support, increased investment and more collaborative approach, the GI
should become central to the way we think about and use our land.
6. http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/file/94026
Natural England, Green Infrastructure Guidance, 2009.
Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Guidance articulates their position in relation to green
infrastructure planning and delivery, which is increasingly recognised as an essential part of
sustainable spatial planning.
7. http://www.tcpa.org.uk/data/files/etws_green_infrastructure.pdf
Town and Country Planning Association, The essential role of green infrastructure: eco-towns
green infrastructure worksheet, 2008.
The Worksheet is designed to provide clear guidance on how to design, incorporate and
operate green infrastructure that is fully ‘fit for purpose’. This guidance is intended not just for
eco-town developers and planners but also for those who will manage the new settlements and
work with the new communities.
8. http://www.scribd.com/doc/55042694/Green-Infrastructure-Guide-Project-Davies-Et-Al-2006
Davies Et Al, Green Infrastructure Planning Guide Project - Final Report, May 2006.
This project was primarily exploratory to try to understand the GI concept and to contribute to
discussion with regard to the methodologies by which the practice of GI planning can be
developed.
SELECTED BEST PRACTICES
 Cambridgeshire Green Infrastructure Strategy. Cambridge, UK.
The 2011 Cambridgeshire Green Infrastructure Strategy for the County, is a 20-year masterplan
to enhance the natural environment for both residents and wildlife.
 Red 57 Rose Forest, Manchester, UK.
Red Rose Forest is the Community Forest for central and western Greater Manchester. They
are working to transform this area into a greener, healthier and more satisfying place to live,
work and invest.
 Riesfield, Friburg, Germany.
In the new district of the city, Riesfeld, out of a total of 320 hectares, only 70 were used for
housing, the other ones were designed as a nature reserve in compensation for the construction
of new settlements.
 Green Infrastructure Plan, New York City, USA.
In September 2010, New York City released the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan which presents
an alternative approach to improving water quality that integrates “green infrastructure,” such as
swales and green roofs, with investments to optimize the existing system and to build targeted,
cost-effective “grey” or traditional infrastructure.
 Copenhagen Beyond Green Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhagen, a city that aims to be the first “carbon neutral” capital city in the world by 2025,
believes that green must be seen in a broader perspective than strictly environmental. It is not
only about reducing co2 emissions. It is also about improving quality of life and creating jobs
and business opportunities throughout the entire economy – not just in the clean-tech sector.
The goal of this text is to examine the evidence of green growth and document the benefits.
 Boscoincittà, Milan, Italy.
Boscoincittà is a Milan’s green plan that aims to realize by 2015 an extraordinary project of
forestry. Eight green rays penetrates from the suburbs into the city centre, connected to each
other by a large green ring, so to create unique green system.