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Green Belt
Greenery functions here as a conservation buffer in this green belt in suburban Des Moines, Iowa. Green belts are a popular tool for planners and citizens to foster a higher quality of sustainable city life

Many cities use green belts, or legally protected open space around a city, to create recreational opportunities for residents, preserve agricultural viability, and attempt to contain urban sprawl. Some green belts are held as undeveloped land, such as wetlands, hillsides, or forested lands, whereas others are protected as rural agricultural land. Green belts, although not an unproblematic solution, are an increasingly popular tool for planners, public officials, and citizens working toward fostering a higher quality of life in a more sustainable city. Maintaining open space around ...
- City Organizations, Movements, and Planning
- Agenda 21
- Brownfields
- Carrying Capacity
- Charrette
- City Politics
- Civic Space
- Ecoindustrial Parks
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Environmental Planning
- Green Communities and Neighborhood Planning
- Green Design, Construction and Operations
- Greenfield Sites
- Infrastructure
- Intermodal Transportation
- Millennium Development Goals
- Mitigation
- NIMBY
- Personal Rapid Transit
- Resilience
- Sustainability Indicators
- Sustainable Development
- Transit-Oriented Development
- Transportation Demand Management
- City Profiles
- Austin, Texas
- Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Barcelona, Spain
- Beijing, China
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Chernobyl, Ukraine
- Chicago, Illinois
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Dongtan, China
- Dzerzhinsk, Russia
- Hamburg, Germany
- Kabwe, Zambia
- Kampala, Uganda
- La Oroya, Peru
- Linfen, China
- London, England
- Los Angeles, California
- Malmö, Sweden
- Mexico City, Mexico
- New York City, New York
- Norilsk, Russia
- Portland, Oregon
- Reykjavik, Iceland
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- San Francisco, California
- Seattle, Washington
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Sukinda, India
- Sumgayit, Azerbaijan
- Sydney, Australia
- Tianying, China
- Vancouver, Canada
- Vapi, India
- Green City Challenges
- Adaptation, Climate Change
- Adaptive Reuse
- Air Quality
- Biodiversity
- Carbon Footprints
- Coastal Zone Management
- Combined Sewer Overflow
- Commuting
- Construction and Demolition Waste
- Denitrification
- Density
- Ecological Footprint
- Ecosystem Restoration
- Embodied Energy
- Energy Efficiency
- Environmental Justice
- Environmental Risk
- Food Deserts
- Food Security
- Garbage
- Greywater
- Gridlock
- Heat Island Effect
- Indoor Air Quality
- Landfills
- Light Pollution
- Natural Capital
- Nonpoint Source Pollution
- Ports
- Power Grids
- Recycling in Cities
- Sea Level Rise
- Stormwater Management
- Transit
- Waste Disposal
- Water Conservation
- Water Pollution
- Water Treatment
- Water, Sources and Delivery
- Watershed Protection
- Wetlands
- Green City Solutions
- Bicycling
- Biophilia
- Bioregion
- Bluebelts
- Bus Rapid Transit
- Carbon Neutral
- Carbon Trading
- Carpooling
- Cities for Climate Protection
- Citizen Participation
- Combined Heat and Power (Cogeneration)
- Community Gardens
- Compact Development (New Urbanism)
- Composting
- Congestion Pricing
- Conservation Subdivision
- Daylighting
- Distributed Generation
- District Energy
- Ecovillages
- Green Belt
- Green Energy
- Green Fleets (Vehicles)
- Green Housing
- Green Infrastructure
- Green Jobs
- Green Landscaping
- Green Procurement and Purchasing
- Green Roofs
- Greening Suburbia
- Greyfield Development
- Habitat Conservation and Restoration
- Healthy Cities
- Historic Preservation
- Infill Development
- LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
- Location-Efficient Mortgage
- Masdar Ecocity
- Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
- Parks, Greenways, and Open Space
- Renewable Energy
- Smart Growth
- Traffic Calming
- Universal Design
- Urban Agriculture
- Urban Forests
- Walkability (Pedestrian-Friendly Streets)
- Xeriscaping
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