Greenspace After a Disaster: The Need to Close the Gap With Recovery for Greater Resilience

Shaleen Miller

Journal of the American Planning Association, 2020, vol. 86, issue 3, 339-348

Abstract: Parks and greenspace planning have often been limited to environmental planning; however, these spaces’ ecological benefits may also protect communities from hazards and their negative outcomes, thereby increasing resiliency. Although hazard planning has begun to consider nature-based mitigation solutions, the postdisaster recovery planning of these greenspaces is rare. This can result in a loss of function, a delay in the return to normality, and lost opportunity for increasing park, greenspace, and community resilience. Here I discuss the nature of green infrastructure after a disaster, using examples from both literature and recent North American hurricanes, to suggest the need to add parks and greenspaces to recovery and resilience planning.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2020.1730223

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