National Course: Strategic Conservation Planning Using a Green Infrastructure Approach

Location: 
Shepherdstown, WV
Event Date:
March 8, 2010 - March 12, 2010
Description:

This introductory course provides participants with a strategic approach for prioritizing conservation opportunities and a planning framework for conservation and development – integrating the green and the grey. Through hands-on class projects, lectures, and numerous case studies, participants will experience firsthand how the green infrastructure approach can be used to connect environmental, social, and economic health across urban, suburban, and rural settings. Participants will also learn how green infrastructure planning can serve as a tool to inform land use decisions and build consensus among diverse interests.

Registration Deadline: February 12, 2010!

Organization: 
The Conservation Fund
Contact: 
Margarita Carey
Phone: 304-876-7924
Focus: 
Natural Environment
Built Environment
Recreation
Social/Economic Health
Historical/Cultural Heritage
Region: 
National
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The Community of Practice is a virtual hub of knowledge and ideas – shared among peers – to promote the application of green infrastructure concepts and principles to the nation’s conservation priorities. Learn more »

Featured Resource

 

Series of ten case studies featuring green infrastructure success stories from around the country.

 


 

 

Green Infrastructure book cover
Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities by Mark A. Benedict and Edward T. McMahon is an illustrative review of advances in smart land conservation and large scale thinking that provides a green solution to many of the problems associated with sprawling development.