Assessment of Blue-Green Infrastructure in Ahmedabad
The exponential growth of urban areas is putting a strain on urban land and has serious implications on the availability of blue and green spaces to the city dwellers. Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI) is an interconnected network of natural and designed water bodies and green & open spaces. Integrating blue-green infrastructure offers multiple benefits like planning for water sensitive cities, water storage, water purification, sustainable urban drainage system, enhancing biodiversity, urban flood mitigation, thermal comfort, carbon sequestration, public health and well-being and many more etc.
