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M. F. Hossain, Global Sustainability in Energy, Building, Infrastructure,
Transportation, and Water Technology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62376-0_8
Chapter 8
Green Infrastructure
Abstract Since the 1970s there has been increased massive development of urban
infrastructure due to the construction of hardscapes that are eventually causing
severe environmental crisis. We certainly need advanced technology for the urban
infrastructure to mitigate this environmental perplexity. Therefore, in this chapter a
green infrastructure system has been proposed by implementing green alley, stormwater collection, green roof, and eventually urban forest management by all possible advanced engineering applications to confirm an environmentally friendly
infrastructure to develop a resilient urban which can make environment green.
Simply the green infrastructure construction will support to mitigate local transformation of climate change that will help to deal with, recover, and manage the stability because of the environmental crises by its adaptive capacity of implementation
of sophisticated technologies in stormwater management, green roof construction,
and urban forestry management which are the better way to boost the urban environmental sustainability.
Keywords Sustainable infrastructure · Green alleys · Stormwater management ·
Green roof construction · Urban forest management · Environmental sustainability
Introduction
The recent threat of climate change is due to the challenges of increasing conventional infrastructure system in urban area causing severe losses of the ability of the
urban ecological adaptability, flexibility, and sustainability [1, 2]. Hence, the conventional infrastructure system impacts heavily the built environment locally and
thus this cost deeply to mitigate global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to
meet the Paris Protocol for establishing long-term GHG mitigation to zero level by
2050 [3–5]. Therefore, there is an urgent need to upgrade the conventional infrastructure system into green infrastructure system in order to keep its functional role
to mitigate climate change. Stormwater management is an important part in the
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
M. F. Hossain, Global Sustainability in Energy, Building, Infrastructure,
Transportation, and Water Technology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62376-0_8
Chapter 8
Green Infrastructure
Abstract Since the 1970s there has been increased massive development of urban
infrastructure due to the construction of hardscapes that are eventually causing
severe environmental crisis. We certainly need advanced technology for the urban
infrastructure to mitigate this environmental perplexity. Therefore, in this chapter a
green infrastructure system has been proposed by implementing green alley, stormwater collection, green roof, and eventually urban forest management by all possible advanced engineering applications to confirm an environmentally friendly
infrastructure to develop a resilient urban which can make environment green.
Simply the green infrastructure construction will support to mitigate local transformation of climate change that will help to deal with, recover, and manage the stability because of the environmental crises by its adaptive capacity of implementation
of sophisticated technologies in stormwater management, green roof construction,
and urban forestry management which are the better way to boost the urban environmental sustainability.
Keywords Sustainable infrastructure · Green alleys · Stormwater management ·
Green roof construction · Urban forest management · Environmental sustainability
Introduction
The recent threat of climate change is due to the challenges of increasing conventional infrastructure system in urban area causing severe losses of the ability of the
urban ecological adaptability, flexibility, and sustainability [1, 2]. Hence, the conventional infrastructure system impacts heavily the built environment locally and
thus this cost deeply to mitigate global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to
meet the Paris Protocol for establishing long-term GHG mitigation to zero level by
2050 [3–5]. Therefore, there is an urgent need to upgrade the conventional infrastructure system into green infrastructure system in order to keep its functional role
to mitigate climate change. Stormwater management is an important part in the