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benefits of nature and demonstrated the
benefits for society and the city.
capacity of urban landscapes as green infrastructure using a broad range of projects. No other city or municipality has a goal to cool the city by 4°C. We are leading and driving a policy
2. Characteristics
This innovation is being applied in policy, strategy, research planning and implementation.
shift, nationally and internationally,
（1）Policy and Strategy ◆ Urban Forest Strategy—doubling
towards recognizing green infrastructure
the municipal canopy cover from 20%
as a crucial asset that provides multiple
to 40% and expanding the stormwater harvesting network to capture 50% of required water ◆
Open Space Strategy—increasing
the permeability of the city and expanding the green space network by 7.6% (2) Planning ◆
We have developed 7 Urban
forest Precinct Plans to guide tree planting for the next 10 years. ◆
Our “Growing Green Guidelines”
is Australia’s first comprehensive technical reference guide for constructing green roofs, walls, and facades in a city context (3) Implementation ◆
We have planted 15,000 new trees
since 2010 and we are planting 3000 new trees each year ◆
Investing $250,000 for passive
irrigation systems in parks ◆
Investing $5 million for
streetscape adaptation to retrofit 40 streets to increase permeability and introduce □ Ecological Livable City—Melbourne
water sensitive urban design