CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 WHAT IS GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE? 1 1.2 NEED OF THE STUDY 3 1.3 AIM, OBJECTIVE AND APPROACH METHODOLOGY 5 1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION 7 1.5 STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT 8 2 CONCEPT OF URBAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 9 2.1 CONCEPT 9 2.1.1 DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 9 2.1.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 9 2.1.3 WHY GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING? 10 2.2 CONCEPTS OF GREEN BUILDINGS, GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD, GREEN WARDS AND GREEN CITY 11 2.2.1 COMPONENTS OF GREEN BUILDING 11 2.2.2 COMPONENTS OF GREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD 14 2.2.3 COMPONENTS OF GREEN WARDS 16 2.2.4 COMPONENTS OF GREEN CITY 18 2.3 REVIEWS OF APPLICABLE POLICIES AND EMERGING GOOD PRACTICES 21 2.3.1 EUROPEAN UNION COUNCIL POLICIES 21 2.3.2 USGBC-LEED RATINGS AND POLICIES 25 2.3.3 HOW TO PUT NATURE INTO OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: A CASE STUDY OF NEW ZEALAND 31 2.3.4 ST. PETERSBURG, SWEDEN, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE: SEARCH FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS 35 2.3.5 CASE STUDY OF MAGARPATTA - PUNE 38 2.3.6 A CASE STUDY OF CHANDIGARH CITY 39 3 CASE STUDY: MEHSANA 42 3.1 CITY OVERVIEW AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES 42 3.2 STATUS OF URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND FUTURE PROPOSALS 48 3.3 REAL ESTATE SCENARIO IN MEHSANA 51 3.4 URBAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN MEHSANA 54 4 FIELD SURVEY AND DISCUSSIONS 56 5 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 74 6 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 80