Green Infrastructure Evaluation Framework
Author: National Recreation and Park Association (2019)
Geography: U.S.
Level of Detail: Qualitative description
Availability: Publicly Available
Water Management Strategies: Distributed Stormwater Infrastructure
Specific Benefits or Trade-offs: Air quality, Ambient water quality, Flooding, Habitat and biodiversity, Health and safety, Land and environment, Local economy, People and Community, Recreation, Urban heat island, Water quality
The Green Infrastructure Evaluation Framework allows for people planning green infrastructure projects to identify and systematically calculate project benefits. Step one of the framework has a tool to identify all the different benefits that could be expected. Step two lays out how to collect and manage data to evaluate green infrastructure. Step 3 builds a structure on how to use the data, once collected, for communication inside and outside of the organization.