BORN to PLAN.........

Growing communities always comes with a greater demand for the various aspects in order to enhance their quality of life. When we talk as a planner about infrastructures and public facilities in the growing communities the first impression that will arose is detailed plans for improving their facilities and utilities such as sewage treatment plants, drainage system, wastage management, telecommunication, health infra and other public facilities. And at the same moment these communities needs to upgrade and expand their infrastructure toward the sustainable infrastructure. Sustainable infrastructure plans can create a framework for the future growth while ensuring the present resources will be preserved for future generation. Educated and responsive communities are starting to thinking about sustainable infrastructure in more thoughtful and systematic way.
Integrated planning and design for the sustainable infrastructure should connect every element in the environment, economics and sustainable network. As a result the term ‘green Infrastructure’ had been arose due to the needs of the sustainable infrastructure. Webster`s New World Dictionary had defined the green infrastructure as “the substructure or underlying foundation, especially the basic installation and facilities on which the continuance and growth of a community depends”. Planners should think the smart approaches to plans and design the sustainable infrastructure. Basically the green infrastructure should be:

· Designed Holistically
Green infrastructure should be design to link elements into a system that functions as a whole rather than as separate, unrelated parts.

· Planned Comprehensively
The green space systems need to be planned to include ecological, social and economics benefits, functions and values.

· Lay Out Strategically.
Green space systems need to be laid out strategically to cross multiple jurisdictions and incorporate green space elements at each level of government.

· Planned and Implemented Publicly.
Green infrastructure systems should be planned and implemented with input from the public, including community organizations and private landowners.

· Grounded in the Principles and Practices of Diverse Professions.
Green space systems should be based on sound science and should build on the knowledge of professional disciplines such as landscape ecology, urban and regional planning, and landscape architecture.

· Funded Up-Front.
Like other infrastructure systems, the green space systems need to be funded as primary public investments rather than with money left over after all other services have been provided.