Green Infrastructure in Parks: A Guide to Collaboration, Funding, and Community Engagement

Organization: US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Year of publication: 2017

Type of green infrastructure: Parks, Stormwater Management

Summary: A Guide emphasizing the value of partnerships between parks and stormwater agencies, to promote the use of green infrastructure on park lands. Green infrastructure can help to maximize the environmental, economic, and social benefits of parks. By building strong partnerships, agencies can improve park lands and access to parks, better manage stormwater, increase community resiliency to shifting weather patterns, and provide funding to implement and maintain park enhancements that benefit the community.

Link: gi_parksplaybook_2017-05-01_508.pdf 11 MB