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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE [12 records]

Record 1 2025-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
  • Soil Science
CONT

With the rise in urban population comes a demand for solutions to offset environmental problems caused by urbanization. Green infrastructure(GI) refers to engineered features that provide multi-ecological functions in urban spaces. Soils are a fundamental component of GI, playing key roles in supporting plant growth, infiltration, and biological activities that contribute to maintenance of air and water quality. However, urban soils are often physically, chemically or biologically unsuitable for use in GI features. Constructed technosols(CT), consisting of mixtures of organic and mineral waste, are man-made soils designed to meet specific requirements and have great potential for use in GI.

CONT

Constructed technosols are important for substituting natural soil material, such as peat and geogenic material, for use in urban green infrastructure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
  • Science du sol
DEF

Sol rendu propre à la végétalisation grâce à des procédés de génie pédologique, constitué de divers matériaux naturels ou artificiels, notamment issus du recyclage, qui peut remplacer soit des sols naturels stériles ou dégradés, soit des sols artificialisés, partiellement, voire totalement imperméabilisés ou pollués.

OBS

sol artificiel végétalisable : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 19 janvier 2025.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environment
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

The interconnected natural and constructed ecological systems, green spaces and other landscape features.

OBS

Green infrastructure includes planted and native trees, wetlands, parks, open green spaces and original grasslands and woodlands, as well as streets and buildings with vegetation. The way green infrastructure functions and the services it provides are similar to those of traditional infrastructure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Environnement
  • Architecture paysagère
DEF

Ensemble interrelié de systèmes écologiques naturels et bâtis, d'espaces verts et d'autres éléments du paysage.

OBS

Les infrastructures vertes comprennent les arbres plantés et indigènes, les zones humides, les parcs, les espaces verts ouverts, les prairies et les boisés d'origine ainsi que les rues et les bâtiments comportant de la végétation. Le fonctionnement des infrastructures vertes et les services qu'elles offrent s'apparentent à celles des infrastructures conventionnelles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medio ambiente
  • Arquitectura paisajista
CONT

Una infraestructura ecológica se define como una red de ecosistemas naturales, seminaturales y antropogénicos, estratégicamente planificada, diseñada y manejada, que funciona para proveer un amplio rango de servicios ecosistémicos y bienestar a los habitantes de un territorio.

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Record 3 2024-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Training of Personnel
OBS

This funding opportunity aims to support a series of training projects that will help workers upgrade or gain new skills for jobs in the low-carbon economy. The fund will focus on low-carbon energy and carbon management, green buildings and retrofits, as well as electric vehicle maintenance and charging infrastructure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
OBS

Cette opportunité de financement vise à soutenir une série de projets de formation qui aideront les travailleurs à améliorer leurs compétences ou à en acquérir de nouvelles pour des emplois dans l'économie à faibles émissions de carbone. Le fonds se concentrera sur l'énergie à faible teneur en carbone et la gestion du carbone, les bâtiments et les rénovations écologiques, ainsi que sur l'entretien des véhicules électriques et les infrastructures de recharge.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Planning
  • Water Resources Management
  • Climate Change
CONT

Green streets are designed to capture rainwater at its source, where it falls, providing water for plants and trees to grow and at the same time acting as a natural filter to clean the water before it makes its way into local waterways.

OBS

A green street integrates green infrastructure elements into the street design to manage stormwater and reduce stormwater runoff. Permeable pavement, bioretention areas, underdrains, planter boxes, and planting strips, are among the many green infrastructure features that may be woven into a green street design.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Gestion des ressources en eau
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

Les rues vertes sont conçues en tenant compte des fonctions écologiques et hydrologiques de la rue et, en particulier, du traitement à la source des eaux de ruissellement.

OBS

La rue verte se caractérise notamment par une augmentation importante de la couverture végétalisée, par l'ajout d'arbres et par une diminution des espaces minéralisés.

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Investment
  • Environmental Economics
OBS

The Green Bond Program directly supports the growth of Canada's sustainable finance market by providing investors with a new, credible and transparent investment opportunity that increases the flow of capital towards climate and environmental initiatives. This flow of capital will help to fund new projects and speed up existing projects, ranging from green infrastructure to nature conservancy.

Key term(s)
  • Green Bond Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Économie environnementale

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Planning
  • Water Resources Management
  • Climate Change
CONT

Throughout the development, several streets have been indicated to include additional space for [low-impact] development (LID) approaches and additional stormwater management elements. These green and blue streets are designed to slow down, treat, temporarily store and convey stormwater that falls on site.

OBS

Sponge streets have both green and grey infrastructure to encourage stormwater infiltration along street medians, edges, sidewalks, curbs and/or intersections. The goal of a sponge street is to increase water infiltration and retention as well as to delay or restrict its conveyance to a watershed or treatment facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Gestion des ressources en eau
  • Changements climatiques
CONT

Après les rues éponges, la ville de Montréal veut multiplier les trottoirs et les parcs-éponges. Le but : absorber une partie de l'eau de pluie lors des coups d'eau.

OBS

Une rue éponge comporte des infrastructures vertes et grises qui encouragent l'infiltration des eaux pluviales le long des terre-pleins, des bords de rue, des trottoirs, des bordures ou des intersections. L'objectif d'une rue éponge est d'augmenter l'infiltration et la rétention de l'eau ainsi que de retarder ou de limiter son évacuation vers un cours d'eau ou une station d'épuration.

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Planning
  • Water Resources Management
  • Climate Change
OBS

Montreal has been building sponge sidewalks for 10 years in particularly high-risk areas. The sidewalks often involve more permeable concrete concepts that utilize gaps for rainwater or incorporate portions of green infrastructure gardens for absorption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Gestion des ressources en eau
  • Changements climatiques

Spanish

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Record 8 2022-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Economics
OBS

A Green New Deal provides a pathway for addressing the greatest crisis of our time, climate change, while also ensuring greater equality and a reduction in poverty through massive public investment in clean energy and good jobs.

OBS

While earlier versions of the Green New Deal focused on technological interventions and public investments in clean energy, today's proposals are more transformational and focus on environmental and social justice. They call for investments in technology and infrastructure, but also highlight the structural inequality that is endemic in the current economic system and seek to address it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Changements climatiques
  • Économie environnementale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Cambio climático
  • Economía del medio ambiente
DEF

[...] conjunto de propuestas políticas para abordar la crisis climática mediante medidas económicas sostenibles, respetuosas con el medioambiente.

OBS

nuevo pacto verde: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la denominación "nuevo pacto verde", escrita enteramente en minúsculas por tratarse de una secuencia meramente descriptiva, es una alternativa preferible a "green new deal" [...]

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Record 9 2021-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Ecology (General)
OBS

The Green Infrastructure Fund supports environmental infrastructure projects that promote reduced greenhouse gas emissions, cleaner air, cleaner water and cleaner land.

OBS

The Green Infrastructure Fund started in 2009-2010 and is scheduled to end in 2021-2022.

OBS

Infrastructure Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

Le Fonds pour l'infrastructure verte appuie les projets d'infrastructure verte qui favorisent la réduction des émissions de gaz à effet de serre et l'assainissement de l'air, de l'eau et des terres.

OBS

Le Fonds pour l'infrastructure verte a été lancé en 2009-2010 et devrait prendre fin en 2021-2022.

OBS

Infrastructure Canada.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
  • Environment
CONT

There has not been widespread implementation of green transportation infrastructure by governments or private industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports
  • Environnement
CONT

Bien qu'il soit très encourageant de voir de nouveaux efforts pour l'infrastructure de transport vert (voitures propres, véhicules légers sur rail, urbain de masse de transit), la plupart du monde va encore travailler chaque jour sur une route conçue et construite avec la pensée d'hier.

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Environmental Management
  • Municipal Administration
OBS

Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The $50 million Green Municipal Enabling Fund(GMEF) provides grants for cost-shared feasibility studies. The Fund supports studies to assess the technical, environmental and/or economic feasibility of innovative environmental infrastructure projects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Administration municipale
OBS

Le Fonds d'habilitation municipal vert (FHMV) de 50 millions de dollars offre des subventions pour l'exécution d'études de faisabilité à frais partagés. Ce Fonds soutient la réalisation d'études visant à déterminer la faisabilité sur les plans technique, environnemental ou économique de projets innovateurs.

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Environment
OBS

Of the Manitoba Rural Development. Green Team provides summer employment from June to September for youth 16 to 24 years of age in rural Manitoba. The program also achieves key objectives including park infrastructure and mechanical maintenance, interpretive services, tourism promotion in Provincial Parks and other visitor-oriented natural areas, special projects, grounds improvement and back country cleanup on recreational routes and rural Dutch Elm disease tree replacement. The program also has a local HOMETOWN component that hires youth to improve local community park facilities and support local eco-tourism and conservation activities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Environnement
OBS

Le programme Équipe verte existant (1997-1998) a permis la création d'emplois d'été dans les régions urbaines et rurales du Manitoba.

Spanish

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