Abstract Green infrastructure (GI) has grown in acceptance as a sustainable means to manage stormwater in urbanizing landscapes, while providing a multitude of additional benefits that range from improving community health to protecting local ecosystems. The mandated use of GI for the management of stormwater is arguably more prevalent in the Pacific Northwest, where GI is a required practice per municipal stormwater regulations in western Washington State, and the City of Portland OR. However, adoption in the region has faced several challenges. A regional summit to elucidate some of these successes and challenges was organized in Oregon and drew attendees from western Oregon and Washington. Six challenges that impact GI adoption, and six themes that emerged as possible strategies to overcome these challenges, were identified. The six challenges that were identified were: the lack of coordination, traditionalism, site-specific scales, environmental costs, a lack of expertise, and little consideration for maintenance. The six emergent themes identified were: the need for adaptive design and maintenance, the placement of GI for maximum impact, the concept of collective impact, valuation of GI, equity and GI, and the intersection of GI and community health.

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华盛顿西部和俄勒冈州的绿色基础设施：区域峰会的观点

摘要 绿色基础设施 (GI) 作为一种可持续的手段来管理城市化景观中的雨水，同时提供了许多额外的好处，从改善社区健康到保护当地生态系统，越来越被接受。强制使用 GI 来管理雨水可以说在太平洋西北部更为普遍，根据华盛顿州西部和波特兰市的市政雨水法规，GI 是必需的做法。然而，该地区的采用面临着若干挑战。在俄勒冈州组织了一次区域峰会，以阐明其中一些成功和挑战，吸引了来自俄勒冈州西部和华盛顿的与会者。确定了影响地理标志采用的六个挑战，以及作为克服这些挑战的可能策略而出现的六个主题。确定的六个挑战是：缺乏协调、传统主义、特定地点的规模、环境成本、缺乏专业知识以及很少考虑维护。确定的六个新兴主题是：适应性设计和维护的需要、地理标志的放置以产生最大影响、集体影响的概念、地理标志的估值、公平和地理标志以及地理标志与社区健康的交集。