Gerry clabby green infrastructure

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Comhairle Contae Fhine GallFingal County Council

Fingal County Council

Green InfrastructureA framework for environmental, social

and economic progress across Europe

Gerry Clabby

Green and Blue Futures Conference, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. 9 & 10 October 2013

Planning and Strategic Infrastructure

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Overview

• Definition

• Functions and Benefits

• Origins and Development

• Green-Infrastructure-led development

• GI and land-use planning

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Definition

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Swords, Co. Dublin



What is Green Infrastructure (GI)?

• Many definitions

• Green Infrastructure is:− A network of spaces: green (and blue)− Performing multiple functions which deliver benefits to people

(ecosystem services) − Strategically planned and managed

• GI – physical assets and a process



Functions and Benefits

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Green Infrastructure works for us by

• providing space for nature

managing water

• managing temperature

managing air quality

enabling walking & cycling

supporting public health and wellbeing

building community

making better places for living, working and investing in

underpinning tourism



Providing space for nature



Managing water



Public health and well being



Building Community



Making better places for living


Castlecurragh, Dublin 15


Making better places for working and investing



Origins and Development

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A very brief history

• Green Infrastructure thinking is not new

• Origins in− Parks Movement: FL Olmsted− Nature conservation− Planning: Garden City Movement− Ecological science

• Renewed focus now because of need to sustain flow of ecosystem services



Malahide, Co. Dublin



Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005


“Everyone in the world depends on nature and ecosystem services to provide the conditions for a decent, healthy, and secure life”


Ecosystem Services



Now lets look to the future

• Green Infrastructure is:− A network of spaces: green (and blue)− Performing multiple functions which deliver benefits to people

(ecosystem services) − Strategically protected, planned, created and managed

• GI – physical assets and a process



Green-Infrastructure-led development

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Fingal County Council fingal.iePlanning and Strategic Infrastructure 21

OostvaarderswoldStrengthening biodiversity and

economy

Green Infrastructure at the heart of development


Hurricane Sandy, New York and New Jersey



Hurricane Sandy, New York and New Jersey


Rebuilding green infrastructure

The Green Infrastructure Network

• Partnership of 12 European regions from 10 countries

• Co-funded by the INTERREG IVC Programme

Who we are – The partnership • Flevoland Province Council (NL) –

Lead Partner• Plovdiv Regional Development Agency

(BG)• Stara Zagora REDA (BG)• Nicosia Development Agency (CY)• Barcelona Province Council (ES)• Valencia Regional Government (ES)• Regional Environmental Center (HU)• Fingal County Council (IR)• Emilia-Romagna Region (IT)• Ministry of Environmental Protection

and Regional Development (LV)• Ghajnsielem Municipality (MT)• Azores Regional Government (PT)

For further information about the project, please write to [email protected].

www.greeninfranet.org

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.greeninfranet.org/


Planning for Green Infrastructure

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Fingal meets Dublin City



Baldoyle and Portmarnock, Co. Dublin



Portmarnock South LAP


The focus for this strategy is on integrating a network of natural habitat/biodiversity locations, parkland for low intensity recreational uses, heritage features, green routes, surface water and flood risk management with development areas


Baldoyle-Stapolin LAP



Conclusions

• We all depend on green infrastructure for our well-

being

• “Mold the land so that both people and nature thrive

long term” (Richard T.T. Forman)

• Challenges include awareness and public/political

support; developing collaborative mechanisms and

developing the necessary funding streams


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