Value of Green Spaces in Managing Growth

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VALUES OF GREEN SPACES IN MANAGING GROWTH

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KEYWORDS

PARKS

GREEN SPACES ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE

PUBLIC OPEN SPACES LANDSCAPES VEGETATION GREENERIES URBAN GREEN SPACE PLANT LIFE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IMPROVED AIR QUALITY WATER FEATURE GARDEN CITY BIODIVERSITY

URBAN OASIS

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JOHN RUSKIN

“The measure of any great civilization is in its cities, and a measure of a city’s greatness is to be found in the quality of its public spaces, its parks and its squares.”

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CREATING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES DEPENDS ON TAKING EQUAL ACCOUNT OF THE DESIGN OF BUILDINGS, THEIR LOCATION, AND THE QUALITY OF THE OUTDOOR SPACE, AT STRATEGIC, LOCAL AND SITE SCALES. TO ENSURE THAT GREEN SPACES IN THESE AREAS ARE SUCCESSFUL IN THE LONGER TERM, IT IS VITAL TO PLAN FOR THAT SUCCESS AT THE VERY OUTSET OF THE REGENERATION PROCESS.

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GREEN SPACES, URBAN PLANNING, AND DESIGN

THE UTILITY OF URBAN GREEN SPACES FOR URBAN PLANNERS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH MANY LENSES. URBAN GREEN SPACES FULFIL A RANGE OF DIFFERENT ROLES, SUCH AS SOCIAL SPACES AND AREAS FOR RECREATION AND CULTURAL PURPOSES. THEY ALSO HAVE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PURPOSES. INDEED, URBAN GREENING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES DUE TO THEIR ESTHETIC CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONALITY

SOURCE: Lee A, Jordan H, Horsley J. Value of urban green spaces in promoting healthy living and wellbeing: prospects for planning.

Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2015;8:131-137 https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S61654

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BENEFITS THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES CAN OFFER: SOURCE – CABE SPACE 2004

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ACCESS TO NATURE PROMOTES LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE, REDUCES STRESS AND IMPROVES MENTAL WELL-BEING

PHOTO SOURCE: HOUSTON BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL

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BENEFITS THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES CAN OFFER: SOURCE – CABE SPACE 2004

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CHILDREN DEVELOP BALANCE AND CO-ORDINATION FASTER WHEN THEY HAVE WOODLAND RATHER THAN JUST PLAYGROUNDS TO PLAY IN

PHOTO SOURCE: ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES

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BENEFITS THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES CAN OFFER: SOURCE – CABE SPACE 2004

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COMMUNITY GARDENS AND CITY FARMS INCREASE SOCIAL INCLUSION

PHOTO LOCATION: SINGAPORE

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BENEFITS THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES CAN OFFER: SOURCE – CABE SPACE 2004

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A SIX-FOLD INCREASE IN HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC SPACE LED TO LARGE INCREASES IN BICYCLE TRAVEL AND IN THE USE OF PUBLIC SPACES

PHOTO SOURCE: TOSHIHIRO GAMO & ROBERT THOMPSON – TOFUGU.COM

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BENEFITS THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES CAN OFFER: SOURCE – CABE SPACE 2004

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PRESENCE OF TREES AND GREEN SPACES CAN MAKE PLACES PLEASANTLY COOLER IN SUMMER AND REDUCE SURFACE WATER RUN-OFF

PHOTO LOCATION: GARDENS BY THE BAY, SINGAPORE

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BENEFITS THAT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES CAN OFFER: SOURCE – CABE SPACE 2004

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ATTRACTIVE GREEN TRANSPORT CORRIDORS REDUCE STRESS AND ENCOURAGE ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF TRANSPORT.

PHOTO SOURCE: AVVENICE.COM

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FACTS A SUCCESSFUL PARK OR GREEN SPACE CAN BE THE MAKING OF A PLACE. AN UNSUCCESSFUL ONE CAN HELP RUIN IT.

SUCCESSFUL PLACES – WHERE PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO LIVE, WORK, VISIT AND INVEST – HAVE SUCCESSFUL GREEN SPACES. NINETY-ONE PERCENT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES IMPROVE PEOPLE’S QUALITY OF LIFE.

SOURCE: CABE SPACE

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IMAGES OF GREEN SPACES IN SINGAPORE BASIS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT

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ASIA

SINGAPORE

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A MORE SOPHISTICATED GREENERY PLAN

The challenge of greening a small city-state with a land area of only 700 square kilometres and a population of 4.6 million (and still growing) is space. However, green space need not necessarily suffer at the expense of economic and population growth.

While land is scarce, with careful planning, Singapore has been able to commit 9% of the total land area to parks and nature reserves. Between 1986 and 2007, despite the population growing by 68% from 2.7 million to 4.6 million, the green cover1 in Singapore grew from 35.7% to 46.5%.

SOURCE: Civil Service College Singapore. (2008, June). A city in a garden. https://www.csc.gov.sg/articles/a-city-in-a-garden

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IMAGES OF GREEN SPACES IN EUROPEAN CITIES BASIS FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT GROWTH MANAGEMENT

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EUROPE

LONDON & EDINBURGH

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THE CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION’S GREEN SPACES

The City of London Corporation owns and manages almost 11,000 acres of public green spaces in and around London. This includes wildlife habitats, nature reserves, sites of special scientific or historic interest, and outdoor spaces for sport, recreation and enjoyment.

SOURCE: BOP Consulting. (2013, July). Green spaces: the benefits for London. https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s27356/Green-Spaces-The-Benefits-for-London%20App1.pdf

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EUROPE

FRANCE

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LE GRAND PARIS

During the circumstances of the inauguration of the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoineat the Palais de Chaillot on the 17th of September 2007, the French president Nicholas Sarkozy announced in his speech that his ambition was to reinvent Greater Paris for the future and work towards a new global program for Paris (Direction de l’Information Légale et Administrative, 2015).

In the speech, Sarkozy refers to previous urban planners and saying “they were not afraid to confront the future” and expresses the need to transform the Paris into a 21st century city, competing among other international megacities as well as building a sustainable city: “we must repair the errors of the past – because there have been errors – and seek to create real towns in our suburbs, with public spaces, services, and simply places for sociability.”

SOURCE: Romo, M., (2015). Public green space in Paris: sustainable development discources in the objective of le grand Paris.

Master thesis in Sustainable Development at Uppsala University, 260, 1-45.

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CONCLUSION GREEN SPACES ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO BE CONSERVED WHILE URBAN DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INCORPORATE LANDSCAPES AND VEGETATIONS IN THE PLANNING ASPECTS OF NEWER CITY DEVELOPMENTS AND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TRY TO MIX THEM WITH THE PRE-EXISTING ONES. GREEN SPACES IN THE CITY HAS A BIG VALUE NOT ONLY IN AESTHETICS BUT ALSO IN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ITS INHABITANTS WEATHER HUMAN OR ANIMALS. AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE DISCUSSED SUSTAINABLE CITIES, EVERY COUNTRY HAS THE ABILITY TO INCORPORATE GREEN SPACES AND MAKE THEM ONE WITH THE COMMUNITY. A GREAT PLANNING STRATEGY, TIME, AND CHANGE OF MINDSET IS NEEDED TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT VALUES GEEN SPACES IN MANAGING GROWTH.

VALUES OF GREEN SPACES IN MANAGING GROWTH

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REFERENCES

BOP Consulting. (2013, July). Green spaces: the benefits for London. https://democracy.cityoflondon.gov.uk/documents/s27356/Green-Spaces-The-Benefits-for-London%20App1.pdf Cabe Space. (n.d.). Start with the park: creating sustainable urban green spaces in areas of housing growth and renewal. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1134199/FULLTEXT01.pdf Civil Service College Singapore. (2008, June). A city in a garden. https://www.csc.gov.sg/articles/a-city-in-a-garden Lee A, Jordan H, Horsley J. Value of urban green spaces in promoting healthy living and wellbeing: prospects for planning.

Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2015;8:131-137 https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S61654 Romo, M., (2015). Public green space in Paris: sustainable development discources in the objective of le grand Paris.

Master thesis in Sustainable Development at Uppsala University, 260, 1-45.

VALUES OF GREEN SPACES IN MANAGING GROWTH

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