GREENWAYS AS A PLANNING STRATEGY

Greenways is a generic term that has been applied to a wide range of l andscape planning strategies, concepts, and plans. While there is some consensus emerging on the benefits of protecting networks of land, th ere is little agreement on terminology. As a result, communication and knowledge exchange are limited. This paper offers an inclusive defini tion of greenways, discusses greenway characteristics, benefits and li abilities, and presents a typology for greenway classification based o n scale, goals, landscape context, and planning strategy. This typolog y is applied to three case studies from the Netherlands and the USA wh ich have been selected to represent a range of greenway types, to arti culate similarities, differences, and to explore the transferability o f knowledge and concepts. Through this discussion, greenways are consi dered as a useful strategy for planning, design and management of sust ainable landscapes.