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How can agroforestry practices and approaches support green infrastructure?
Communities
Communities have long recognized the need to invest in infrastructure. Roads, power lines, storm drains, and sewers all provide a foundation for continuance and growth. Similarly, communities have recently begun to acknowledge the need for “green infrastructure.” They see that trees can be put to work to meet their environmental, social, and economic goals.
Agroforestry helps connect the urban community to the surrounding rural landscape. This connectivity helps filter stormwater runoff, provides travel corridors for wildlife, creates recreational space, and improves air and water quality for the whole watershed. Cumulatively, these functions contribute to the overall health and sustainability of a community and its neighbors.
Related Publications
Agroforestry Notes
- Wastewater Management Using Hybrid Poplars
- Landscape Planning For Environmental Benefits, Agroforestry Note #38, General #10
- Conducting Landscape Assessments For Agroforestry, Agroforestry Note #39, General #11
- Indicators And Guidelines For Landscape Assessment And Planning For Agroforestry, Agroforestry Note #40, General #12
- +H: The Human Considerations in the Adoption of Agroforestry, Agroforestry Note #43, General #13
- Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Agroforestry, Agroforestry Note #44, General #14
- Windbreaks: A "Fresh" Tool To Mitigate Odors From Livestock Production Facilities, Agroforestry Note #41, Windbreaks #4
- Using Agroforestry To Buffer Noise, Agroforestry Note #42, Windbreaks #5
Inside Agroforestry
Working Trees
Working Trees Info Sheets
Additional Brochures
- Edible Woody Landscapes For People And Wildlife (4 pages)
- Kansas City Region - Green Infrastructure: Designing With Nature
- Topeka - Urban/Rural Watershed Solutions
- Topeka - Sustainable Development: Moving Toward A Greener Community
- Windbreaks For Rural Living (6 pages)
Tools
- Conservation Buffers: Design Guidelines for Buffers, Corridors, and Greenways
- Buffer$
- AgBufferBuilder: A Filter Strip Design Tool for GIS
- Riparian Bibliography (Vegetated Stream Riparian Zones: Their Effects on Stream Nutrients, Sediments, and Toxic Substances)
Field Guide Inserts For Transparent Clipboards
- Buffer Width
Related Links
- Center For Urban Forest Research
- Center For Watershed Protection
- Effects Of Urban Forests And Their Management On Human Health And Environmental Quality
- Green Infrastructure Network (sponsored by The Conservation Fund and USDA Forest Service)
- International Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Database
- Southern Center For Wildland-Urban Interface Research And Information
- Urban Forestry South Expo
- USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry
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