Ecosystem Services Come to Town, Functional Landscapes Seminar, Gary Grant
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Gary Grant
Ecosystem Services Come to Town
Birmingham
November 2014
Horniman Museum Extension 1993
Convention on Biological Diversity introduced the ecosystem approach in 1992.
A holistic approach to land management. Working with nature to maintain healthy ecosystems that provide ecosystem services. Respect environmental limits. Protect and restore. UN Millennium Ecosystem
Assessment 2005
Ecosystem Services
Source: ASLA
• Hot• Dry• Pollution (Air, Water, Light)• Traffic• Noise• Disease• Crime• Governance• Unemployment• Housing• Food
City Challenges
Old Ideas
Designed to disperse miasmas
Old: Build - then dress with ornamental planting
New: Nature is the engineer wherever
possible
Multi-functional biodiverse green infrastructure networks
Make
Water Sensitive Cities
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Make Cities
Cooler
www.livingroofs.orgwww.greenroofconsultancy.com
Namba Park, Tokyo
Restore
Biodiversity
Olympic Legacy Housing Biodiverse Green Roof Specification
Roofs
HQ of Transport for London
London Underground Central Line Train Depot
Abbey Road
Lend Lease HQ, London
Cambridge Conservation Initiative University of Cambridge
Walls
Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherds Bush, West London 2008
Rubens Hotel at the Palace, Victoria, London 2013
Rain Gardens
Drawn by: Kevin Perry
Drawn by: Kevin Perry
Vertical Rain Garden, social housing near Tower Bridge
http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405195061,descCd-buy.html
Twitter@ecoschemes
http://greenroofconsultancy.com