'Social green space' guide is launched -Horticulture Week
November 18th 2011
Greener Neighbourhoods is designed to help social housing managers secure funds for projects affecting 8.2m residents
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Green Investment - Horticulture Week
September 2nd 2011
A Merseyside housing body has ambitious plans to transform it green spaces with community help
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Green space - helping BME communities fill the void - 24housing
April 2011
CABE research indicates black and minority ethnic communities are disproportionately lacking in green space and the effects on residents' health and well-being may be significant. Robert Szmigielski investigates.
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Weed 'em and reap - Inside Housing
January 21st 2011
Improving open spaces can improve health and well being, curb anti-social behaviour, encourage residents to interact and create jobs. Simon Brandon finds out how the green - fingered approach works.
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Grey to Green: How We Shift Funding and Skills to Green Our Cities - Countryside Recreation Network
Volume 18 Number 2 Autumn/Winter 2010
Green infrastructure, our natural assets such as parks and green spaces, do not receive anything like the investment or management that goes into grey infrastructure, elements such as the road network or sewerage system. CABE's 'Grey to Green' initiative questions whether this is smart investment, given the dangers of climate change and the opportunities to improve public health. Helen Beck, CABE Space.
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