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Green Infrastructure: Why It Matters and Why It’s Hard to Deliver with Professor Ian Mell
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- The Nature Recovery Podcast
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- Mar 25, 2026
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- 2830
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Send us Fan Mail Professor Ian Mell discusses how green infrastructure has moved from the margins of planning into mainstream conversation. He explains the political, economic and cultural barriers to delivery in the UK, cautions about uncritical reliance on markets and offsets, and highlights lessons from Asian cities where ambitious, large-scale projects and data-driven delivery have driven visible change. The episode explores equity, climate adaptation, placemaking and how to combine techn...