The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has released a Green Infrastructure Position Statement calling on non-government agencies, industry organisations and governments at all levels to make significant progress towards improving the liveability and sustainability of urban and regional settlements through Green Infrastructure.

The Statement highlights the value of Green Infrastructures as strategically planned networks of natural and semi-natural areas in urban and regional settlements that provide environmental, social and economic benefits to society.

Faced with the challenges of global warming, urban migration and environmental decline, AILA emphasises how we require new forms of infrastructure and new approaches to landscape planning and management in our urban and regional settlements.

The Statement calls for the development of a Green Infrastructure Framework that could interact with the built environment, underpin urban ecosystem functions and improve the performance of conventional urban and infrastructure systems.

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