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Green Infrastructure for Rochdale Borough in Greater Manchester Part 2 of 2

Green Infrastructure for Rochdale Borough in Greater Manchester Part 2 of 2. Francis Hesketh CMLI CEnv Partner, TEP. Regional Centre & Inner Areas. Towards a GI Framework Spatial Framework – where is investment needed to safeguard and create assets; and to sustain functions

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Green Infrastructure for Rochdale Borough in Greater Manchester Part 2 of 2

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  1. Green Infrastructure for Rochdale Borough in Greater Manchester Part 2 of 2 Francis Hesketh CMLI CEnv Partner, TEP

  2. Regional Centre & Inner Areas

  3. Towards a GI Framework • Spatial Framework – where is investment needed to safeguard and create assets; and to sustain functions • Organisational Framework – who will advocate for GI activity, stimulate new initiatives and support deliverers • “Green Infrastructure will be delivered through a few large projects and a thousand smaller actions”

  4. Focus on City Centre and Inner Regeneration Areas

  5. The Irwell City Park & Irwell Valleys

  6. Other Regeneration Areas and Destination Parks

  7. The Greenheart Regional Park in Wigan

  8. Medlock Valley, Rochdale Canal and north-eastern housing renewal areas

  9. PlaNYC – A Greener Greater New York • Action - Attract 900,000 new residents by 2030 to achieve an avoided 15.6 million metric tons of carbon emission • Create sustainable, affordable housing • Provide parks near all New Yorkers • Expand and improve mass transit • Reclaim contaminated land • Open our waterways for recreation • Ensure a reliable water and energy supply • Plant trees to create a healthier and more beautiful public realm

  10. “We will fill every available street tree opportunity in New York City” Source Martin Jones / Great City Parks

  11. “Paley Park is a carefully conceived adult retreat…Its Zen-like restraint contrasts with its hyper-urban setting.” “The park is an object lesson in the use of orientation to create optimal microclimate…” Source Alan Tate / Great City Parks

  12. New York: Open Space • Make existing sites available to more New Yorkers: • Expand useable hours at existing spaces; • Re-invigorate public realm; • Create/enhance a public plaza in every community; • Green the cityscape.

  13. All New Yorkers to live 10 min.s from a park; Turn 30 schoolyards into model community parks; Open 290 schoolyards in under-served neighbourhoods; Open spaces after hours and instal lighting Schoolyards to Playgrounds Programme

  14. New York – transferable ideas • World-class city • Similar issues of growth, ambition, brand • Strong leadership and buy-in across Commissions • Regional / Destination Parks • Public Realm • Transforming Brownfields & Waterways • Making existing spaces multi-purpose and accessible • Co-ordination across civic boundaries • Strong Delivery Plan

  15. PUSH Green Infrastructure Strategy: Research Phase We have a rare opportunity to make a real difference through the way we build the new developments planned in the UK. We need to act quickly or we will squander this opportunity. RCEP, March 2007

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