Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Blue-green infrastructure solutions for resilient cities
Posted on 23 Jan, 2023 06:57 PMUrban development in all forms impacts the natural landscape, changing vegetation cover, infiltration rates and hydrological (surface and sub-surface) flows. With increasing urbanization urban areas lose a host of natural infrastructure and ecosystem services as ecosystems are modified, degraded and/ or shrunk.
![Study indicates that blue-green spaces in core-city and peripheral areas are differentially impacted by the growing urban footprint (Image: Emmanuel Dyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-01/Law_Garden%2C_Ahmedabad.jpg?itok=FU0wz8XM)