This project provides the region with an overall picture of the "hot spots" around the region in terms of the multiple public benefits that can be accrued from investments in Green Infrastructure (GI) delivery.  The report shows that the greatest depth of public benefit will generally be derived where greatest need and opportunity coincide and where multiple objectives can be delivered in parallel.  The Integrated Regional Strategy (IRS) objectives for the region across economic, social and environmental themes have been used to show that the provision or enhancement of of GI can contribute significantly to the achievement of most of them.  A series of "public benefit" maps have been produced, each relating to a separate theme of the IRS, then combined to give maps highlighting the potential for the delivery of multiple public benefits through investment in GI. 

• Full Report (10.2MB PDF) Please note that this is not the published version of the report as that was too large. However this is still a very large document. The published version has been split up into more manageable sections below:
• Chapters 1 / 2 : Introduction, Aims and Objectives (2.4MB PDF)
• Chapter 3: Methodology  (700KB PDF)
• Chapter 4 : Geographic and Demographic Baseline Maps (170KB PDF)
• Chapter 5 : Public Benefit Maps - the Evidence Base (2.70MB PDF)
  • MAP 1 : HOUSE PRICES (430KB PDF)
  • MAP 2 : GROWTH POINTS & AREAS (460KB PDF)
  • MAP 3 : POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE (450 KB PDF)
  • MAP 4 : HEALTH (450KB PDF)
  • MAP 5 : POPULATION DENSITY (450KB PDF)
  • MAP 6 : OPEN SPACE DEFICIENCY (510KB PDF)
  • MAP 7 : POPULATION WITHIN 10 KM (440KB PDF)
  • MAP 8 : SPORTS FACILITIES (430KB PDF)
  • MAP 9 : QUALITY OF PARKS & LOCAL SPACES (400KB PDF)
  • MAP 10 : QUALITY OF COMMUNITIES ACTIVITIES (510KB PDF)
  • MAP 11 : COMMUNITY DIVERSITY OF ETHNICITY (440KB PDF)
  • MAP 12 : EDUCATION (530KB PDF)
  • MAP 13 : INDEX OF MULTIPLE DEPRIVATION (530KB PDF)
  • MAP 14 : NATURAL AND CULTURAL ASSETS (490KB PDF)
  • MAP 15 : ENVIRONMENTAL DECLINE (460KB PDF)
  • MAP 16 : BIODIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT AREAS (460KB PDF)
  • MAP 17 : FLOOD MITIGATION & ALLEVIATION (450KB PDF)
  • MAP 18 : GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE CONNECTIVITY (730KB PDF)
  • MAP 19 : WATER QUALITY (530KB PDF)
  • MAP 20 : AIR QUALITY (850KB PDF)
  • MAP 21 : RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL (BIOMASS) (470KB PDF)
  • MAP 22 : UNEMPLOYMENT (430KB PDF)
  • MAP 23 : ADULT QUALIFICATIONS LEVELS (400KB PDF)
  • MAP 24 : ENVIRONMENTAL TOURISM ASSETS (560KB PDF)
  • MAP 25 : BUSINESS DENSITY (420KB PDF)
  • MAP 26 : ECONOMIC REGENERATION INITIATIVES (420KB PDF)
  • MAP 27 : GATEWAYS TO ECONOMIC AREAS (440KB PDF)
• Chapter 6 : Combining the Evidence - Towards a Public Benefit Assessment (4.7MB PDF)
• Chapter 7 : Summary & Conclusions (790KB PDF)
• Chapter 8 : Recommendations (1.4MB PDF)
• Chapter 9 : Key References (700 KB PDF)