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Course Rating

I found the GBI CIHT Learn course to be enjoyable and very informative. Not only did it provide clarity around the language used, it gave me a great technical baseline of the benefits of this complex topic. I would recommend it to all members, at all stages of their careers. — Peter Molyneux,

— Peter Molyneux, Managing Director at Peter Molyneux Consulting Ltd

Course details 

Entry requirement

There are no formal academic entry requirements for this course, which is open to all learners with an interest in the subject area.

Prices (Ex. VAT)

CIHT Fee Paying Member: FREE
Partnership Network: £45.00
Other: £50.00

Continued professional development

This course is equivalent to 2 CPD hours

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 Topics include:

• Understanding of the political, social, economic, environmental, and legal drivers for delivering GBI.
• The functions and benefits GBI components deliver from the perspective of a highways or transport professional.
• How GBI relates to nature-based solutions, ecosystem services, natural capital, and biodiversity net gain.
• Advocating for high-quality GBI within the public realm e.g. as integrated components along our streets, roads and highways.
• Understanding what Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are, how they work and the role GBI plays in delivering SuDS at different scales, in different locations.
• Understanding of how GBI can support the circular economy of public realm assets.

Course structure

Module 1

Welcome to our CIHT Learn course on Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI)!

At CIHT we believe the transport sector must actively embrace GBI to achieve our Net Zero and biodiversity targets. GBI holds a plethora of opportunities and benefits for highways, roads, and streets, such as cost savings, climate resilience, and the promotion of healthy communities.

Module 2

In this module, we will look at some of the most well-known and recent laws and policies that dictate how and why you should consider implementing GBI within your projects.

The purpose of this module is to ensure you can:

• Describe what the 25-Year Environment Plan is and what this means for the highways and transportation sector.
• Understand Natural England’s Green Infrastructure Framework and Building with Nature’s Standards Framework so you can implement high-quality GBI.
• Understand the legal requirements surrounding Biodiversity Net Gain and Local Nature Recovery Plans.

Module 3

In this module, we will delve into why GBI features are so beneficial to society and the planet. 
 
By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• Explain how GBI features provide environmental benefits such as cooling, drought and flood resilience, biodiversity and cleaner air/water.
• Describe why GBI is good for mental well-being and promoting active travel.
• Understand the economic benefits of GBI in terms of saving money and increasing revenue.
• Welcome to the final module in the introduction to green and blue infrastructure.

Module 4

• It's quiz time, let's see what you have remembered and importantly understood.
• All the questions in the quiz can be found in the previous 3 modules, so you may want to dip back in and out of some as a reminder.
  Ready to get started?

Written by:

Dr Isobel Wilson, Policy Advisor – Transport Technology at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation

Isobel Wilson is a Policy Advisor at the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation. She has been involved with developing CIHT’s work on Green and Blue Infrastructure by helping to produce the report ‘Green and Blue Infrastructure: A transport sector perspective’, authoring the CIHT Learn Course ‘An Introduction to Green and Blue Infrastructure’ and presenting CIHT’s work at numerous conferences such as the 21st Annual Transport Practitioner’s Meeting, Landor Links Climate Resilient Streets Conference, and the 27th World Road Congress in Prague. 

Isobel has also supported CIHT’s work on data and Artificial Intelligence, helping to write the report ‘The role of data and artificial intelligence in achieving transport decarbonisation’, and presenting the findings of this report at Landor Links Transport AI conference, and the upcoming ‘Joining the Dots’ conference in March 2024. 
Before Isobel joined CIHT she completed her PhD in Chemistry at University College London. 

Reviewed by:

• Dr Gemma Jerome, FLI - Director - Building with Nature
• Daniel Mullins, FCIHT- Operations Manager - Ringway
• Kateryna Kryshkevych, MCIHT - Lecturer Transport Engineering & Planning, University of Salford
• James Elliott, BEng CEng MICE FCIHT MIAM - Director and Principal Consultant EAM - Resilient Future Solutions

For Individuals

Are you ready to take on new responsibilities, improve your performance, or get that promotion you’ve been looking for?

Learn new skills online today and fast track your career.

For Employers

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Contact admin@cihtlearn.org.uk to discuss options.

Our friendly and professional team will be happy to assist you with your requirements.

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