Reconsidering green belts, green wedges and greenways

Facing accelerated urbanization and landscape alteration, cities expand on the territory showing better or worse relationships between built environment green spaces. Based recent literature review, this article discusses wedges, belts greenway planning models in order to evaluate their capability answering contemporary ecological social issues. The presents a conceptual overview of selected through looking at fundamental concepts infrastructure; then, it enlightens connections spatial forms functions derived these forms. These three are connected infrastructures, varying ring, star linear What differs most is capacity encompass existing patches like forests other valuable areas proximity distribution spaces throughout city. Whilst belts, for fringe condition, distance itself from majority inner-city dwellers, both wedges greenways can cross urban fabric, reach greater number neighborhoods, although simple existence features does not guarantee functions. findings have significant implications design city expansions help configure neighborhoods growing cities.