The Guide, commissioned by EMRA and developed by RNRP and other regional partners aims to assist local delivery vehicles, local authorities and community based initiatives at local and sub regional level and around the UK. Building on the 2005 'East Midlands Green Infrastructure Scoping Study' and the subsequent 'Green Infrastructure for the East Midlands A Public Benefit Mapping Project' studies, the Guide incorporates numerous innovative Case Studies from around the region that demonstrate models for effective GI.

A pdf of the guide is available below, and has been split into 3 parts in order to maintain quality of maps and download speed.

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ACE, our new publication on The Academy of Corporate Ecology, sets out the rationale and vision for another of RNRP’s exciting range of Signature Projects.  ACE can best be described as a “knowledge and experience exchange”, with a series of demonstration projects and a visitor and exhibition centre housed in an iconic building in the Regional Park.  It picks up on the RNRP core themes and aims to be a “centre of excellence” that will facilitate the sharing of knowledge and experience between the business and education sectors and enable the principles of sustainable development to be embedded in the UK.

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The Climate Challenge, described in more detail in this document, is RNRP’s innovative offer to the Government, and to partners, to link together the two key, but presently separate, national initiatives on Climate Change. The proposal is that RNRP would use an allocation from Green Taxes that the government will levy on business and individuals on energy consumption beyond their allowances, to develop and implement environmental initiatives that will also provide tangible social and economic benefits.

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CREATING SUCCESSFUL GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS

This document was published to address the level of interest in GI, now nationally recognised as an integral part of the planning and development process, setting out the concept and methodology as a model approach for others to follow. The development of GI in Northamptonshire is regarded as an exemplar.

The document “Creating Successful Green Infrastructure” examines the methodology for the three different levels of use, Regional, sub regional and local, and sets out not only the key stages but the learning points from each. For other organisations contemplating commissioning a GI study, this provides a very clear model, the adoption of making significant savings in time spent on research, development and implementation, and also the overall costs. In addition, adoption of the Northamptonshire approach, which has been tried and tested, allows studies from different areas to be brought together and integrated at a strategic level.

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This document reviews the establishment and development of RNRP and considers its successes. Starting at the other end of the document, and reading towards the centre, it makes a case for the logical development of this innovative, but tried and tested concept, by the establishment of a network of Regional Parcs, based on the RNRP model, both in the UK and in partnership with our EU colleagues. It characterises the main elements of a Regional Parc and the advantages of this approach to other organisations who can benefit from our experience in Northamptonshire in the development of a transparent, efficient and effective partnership.

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This edition of SPACE was launched, along with the above suite of publications, at the RNRP's 'The Growth Challenge' conference 12th September 2007. It highlights the successes of the RNRP to date, introduces the publications suite and also the new website. It also introduces the RNRP in its new status as a Community Interest Company (CIC), and welcomes new Directorship with some words by Kevin Stannard, whilst seeing Director and RNRP instigator Jason Longhurst say 'Au Revoir'.

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The second issue of SPACE gives an update on the RNRP, outlining projects successes to date, and future plans for the enhancement of green infrastructure in the area.

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This was the launch edition of the RNRP's unique ‘SPACE’ magazine which details the work that has been undertaken as part of the River Nene Regional Park. It documents the conception of The River Nene Regional Park, and the unravelling of its projects as it developed new innovative green space initiatives focusing on a Sustainable Environmental Agenda within Northamptonshire and beyond.

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A non technical summary of the Technical Feasibility Study

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A Feasibility Study examining the potential for a new Regional Park serving the communities of Northamptonshire and the East Midlands.The Technical Feasibility Study was the result of  a wide spread consultation exercise including organisations, communities and landowners. This was undertaken to ascertain if a Regional Park could be successfully delivered within the MKSM growth area. The consultation highlighted the need for the development of a shared vision, focusing on environment, social and economic themes.

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A review of Tangible Projects completed as part of the Feasibility Study for the RIver Nene Regional Park.
As part of the wider Feasibility Study a review of potential projects to form the backbone of the River Nene Regional Park was undertaken.  The review highlighted a wide range of projects that could be developed and taken forward as the River Nene Regional Park initiative develops and evolves. Nine of these projects recieved funding through the Office of the Deputy Prime Ministers (ODPM) Growth Areas Funding.

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GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE BY DESIGN; A GUIDE FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES IN MILTON KEYNES SOUTH MIDLANDS