Urban greeners' resource hub

A summary of some of the early research and scoping supporting the development of the urban greening strategy for metro Adelaide.

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No one is immune to growing, brokering, selling or purchasing and installing into the landscape container induced root defects. ‘Don’t Buy It Don’t Plant It’ is a journey into realisation of the highs and lows of establishing treescapes today. It also gently highlights that AS2303 does nothing as a desk document or when quoted in speech or written specifications, it requires a commitment to getting your hands dirty and forming relationships with all allied stakeholders involved, in order to deliver fast establishing and ultimately successful treescapes.

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This guide provides a step-by-step process for organisations and community groups to plan, establish and monitor Climate Future Plots, and to establish a network of climate-resilient plant communities. What's a Climate Future Plot? Climate Future Plots are areas of revegetated and restored land which incorporate genetic and/or species diversity to enhance habitat resilience to the uncertain and unpredictable effects of climate change. By including and monitoring the success of a mixture of local and climate pre-adapted plant genotypes (such as seed from hotter and drier climates) the plots aim to enhance the resilience of natural landscapes to the changing climate and to actively inform future restoration and biodiversity conservation management. In partnership with Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning.

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Many cities are seeking to optimise the ecosystem service benefits of urban trees by incorporating goals for increasing tree canopy cover into strategies that promote liveability and urban sustainability. This study adapts revealed preference valuation techniques as a combined policy evaluation and business case tool with broader application to urban forest planning and investment. In partnership with Alicia Rambaldi and Neil Sipe.

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The City of Melbourne is working to create a sustainable and resilient water system that will support liveability into the future. As well as changing the way we manage and use water, we are completing projects that provide alternative sources of water, increase permeability and reduce pollution in our waterways.

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This report represents a critical assessment - the first ever carried out by an intergovernmental body -of the status and trends of the natural world, the social implications of these trends, their direct and indirect causes, and, importantly, the actions that can still be taken to ensure a better future for all. These complex links have been assessed using a simple, yet very inclusive framework that should resonate with a wide range of stakeholders, since it recognises diverse world views, values and knowledge systems.

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The ‘Green City Guidelines’ project is an internationally targeted initiative that aims to provide practitioners and decision-makers with the essential information they need to understand and communicate the benefits of urban green space or more accurately green infrastructure.

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Green Factor is a green infrastructure assessment tool designed by City of Melbourne and developed to help with designing and constructing new buildings that are environmentally friendly and include green infrastructure.

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The Department for Infrastructure and Transport has a significant role to play in achieving the canopy cover target for Metropolitan Adelaide, due to its significant property portfolio and its role in planning and delivering public infrastructure. As a lead agency, the Department has committed to identify and pursue feasible opportunities to expand green infrastructure (including water sensitive urban design) on public land, focusing on priority areas identified by Green Adelaide, corridors which provide for active travel, and new infrastructure projects.

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This discussion guide explores the working relationship between green space practitioners and engineers, including barriers to collaboration between these two groups, and ways they can be overcome.

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Green the Street’s aim is to create greener, more inclusive, walkable and cycling focussed, cooler and sustainable streets in our cities through advocacy, major installations, street planting parties and connecting our growing network.

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The Greener Neighbourhoods guide aims to support councils to develop or update strategic plans to enhance urban tree canopy. This guide is for local governments across NSW who want to establish, build upon or re-envisage strategic planning for their urban forests. It gives guidance on how to understand, plan for, monitor and manage urban forests and promotes best practice and consistency in urban forest planning.

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