Best practices for green infrastructure: its role as a strategic planning network

The term ‘Green infrastructure’ was first used in 1994. This term was coined for the purpose of reflecting the fact that natural systems are as important as grey infrastructure. In this sense, the objective of this article is to analyze and identify, in the best green infrastructure practices, the relevant aspects of its application in different countries. The methodology used was bibliography and document research of items referring to scales of application, forms of financing, parties responsible for managing and operating green infrastructure, among other things. This work concludes that green infrastructure is managed and operated as a strategic planning network for the purpose of guaranteeing the ecosystem services offered by the spaces that comprise the network.