Definition 1
Green Infrastructure (GI) means a strategically planned, interconnected network or spatial structure of multi-functional natural and semi-natural areas, urban and rural, designed and managed to deliver a wide range of environmental, economic, health and wellbeing benefits for nature, climate, local and wider communities and prosperity [as identified on the plan at Annex ●] [including but not limited to: trees, hedgerows, open green spaces which thread through or surround the built environment, parks, gardens designed for biodiversity, green roofs, allotments, woodlands, green corridors, rain gardens, reed beds, wetlands, water meadows and wild spaces].
Drafting notes and guidance
Green infrastructure does not have a single widely recognised definition. It has been variously defined by different disciplines (primarily design, conservation and planning related).