Co-producing a new Blue-and-Green Infrastructure Strategy for Colchester Borough: key findings from the River Colne Pilot: Executive Summary

Seymour, Kate ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6783-1093, Kimani, Danson, Adhikari, Pawan, Soobaroyen, Teerooven and Jayasinghe, Kelum (2022) Co-producing a new Blue-and-Green Infrastructure Strategy for Colchester Borough: key findings from the River Colne Pilot: Executive Summary. In: Co-producing a new Blue-and-Green Infrastructure Strategy for Colchester Borough. Project Report. University of Essex. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This report examines the first stage in the design of a new Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) Strategy for Colchester Borough. Closely connected to ‘green infrastructure’ (GI), BGI refers to an integrated approach to managing, improving and/or reintroducing natural and seminatural green (vegetation) and blue (waterways) spaces in both urban and rural contexts. BGI has four key benefits: promoting biodiversity; mitigating and adapting to climate change; human health and well-being; and creating prosperous communities (Natural England, 2022). These translate into a wide variety of environmental, social and economic benefits (ECC, 2020, p. 37)