GIFT-T! is an EU funded project looking to develop Green Infrastructure Business Plans at a landscape scale. The project started in September 2011, consisting of five case study areas across north west Europe, including the Hoo Peninsula, Rochester. The Hoo Peninsula case study involved interviews, discussions and focus groups with stakeholders, including several youth groups. These discussions identified a broad vision for Green Infrastructure in the area and identified the goals for the Green Infrastructure Business Plan. A key component of GIFT-T! was the work undertaken to develop a series of robust maps showing Landscape Service ‘needs’ maps. GIFT-T! built 27 Landscape Service ‘needs’ maps showing where services such as noise pollution cancellation, air regulation or flood protection were needed.
Greening the Gateway Kent and Medway, Medway Council
Classification developed by the Mersey Forest team for NW England.
Which ecosystem services were focused on?:
- Aesthetic/inspiration
- Sense of place/heritage
- Health and well-being
- Recreation/tourism
- Crops, livestock, fish
- Energy
- Food
- Natural medicines
- Trees, standing vegetation, peat
- Water supply
- Carbon sequestration & storage
- Climate regulation
- Erosion control
- Flood control
- Hazard regulation
- Noise regulation
- Pollution
Hoo Peninsula Green Infrastructure Business Plan, available at: http://msep.org.uk/our-work/gift-t/