The Defra Local Action Project has been working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment & economic prosperity. For each Demonstration Area we have developed a suite of evidence and information resources to support the targeting and implementation of environmental management or enhancement actions in urban landscapes. On the 7th April 2016 the Westcountry Rivers Trust delivery team met with the Thames Estuary Partnership to examine the preliminary outputs of the Local Action Project.
The Defra Local Action Project has been working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment & economic prosperity…For each Demonstration Area we have developed a suite of evidence and information resources to support the targeting and implementation of environmental management or enhancement actions in urban landscapes. On the 18th April 2016 the Westcountry Rivers Trust delivery team met with several key stakeholders and practitioners who work in Manchester to examine the preliminary outputs of the Local Action Project.
The document describes a local action project that aims to work with local communities to enhance natural capital in urban areas. It does this by providing evidence and resources to support targeting and implementing environmental management actions. The project will conduct a review of environmental assets and natural capital, assess benefits and priorities, and develop an "urban practitioners toolbox" of potential interventions. It will also produce detailed opportunity mapping. The project focuses on areas like Leicester and aims to quantify benefits, identify needs and opportunities, and support partnerships to increase funding and implementation of actions.
The 2015 Catchment Based Approach Conference was held on June 8th at Fishmonger's Hall in London. The focus of the day was the sharing of best practice between partnerships. Nick Paling from the Westcountry Rivers Trust gave a presentation entitled, 'Ecosystem Service benefits in the Urban Environment: Developing a common framework for delivery & communication' as part of the 'Delivery in the Urban Environment' session.
Aspects of Urban resilience.
Presented as part of the Nature Addicts workshop, in the context of Eleusis Cultural Capital of Europe 2021 in Eleusis May 23, 2017
Urban Water Management Workshop ManchesterCaBASupport
The document summarizes a workshop on urban water management. It discusses why planning for water is important to reduce flooding and disruption and improve resilience. Good planning can reduce flooding, improve water quality and make cities more livable. The workshop covers how policy, legislation, and different plans work together on water management. It also discusses who is involved in water management partnerships and how they can achieve multiple benefits through innovative approaches.
This document summarizes the key points from an urban water management workshop held in London. It discusses why planning for water is important to reduce flooding and increase resilience. Good planning through integrated approaches like sustainable drainage systems can improve water quality and make cities more livable. The workshop covered how policy, legislation, and plans work together, and which organizations are involved in water management. Partnerships across different sectors were emphasized as ways to achieve multiple benefits through innovative projects.
This document outlines UN-Habitat's new Urban Resilience Indexing Programme. The program aims to [1] develop tools and standards to measure and strengthen urban resilience, [2] create a framework to assess resilience across different urban systems, and [3] engage cities directly to build ownership. Key outputs will include indicators to evaluate resilience, global standards, and monitoring tools to help cities strengthen infrastructure and plan for future crises. The program sees urban resilience as critical for sustainable development and will work with city networks to build capacity and pilot initiatives in 10 cities.
The Defra Local Action Project has been working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment & economic prosperity…For each Demonstration Area we have developed a suite of evidence and information resources to support the targeting and implementation of environmental management or enhancement actions in urban landscapes. On the 18th April 2016 the Westcountry Rivers Trust delivery team met with several key stakeholders and practitioners who work in Manchester to examine the preliminary outputs of the Local Action Project.
The document describes a local action project that aims to work with local communities to enhance natural capital in urban areas. It does this by providing evidence and resources to support targeting and implementing environmental management actions. The project will conduct a review of environmental assets and natural capital, assess benefits and priorities, and develop an "urban practitioners toolbox" of potential interventions. It will also produce detailed opportunity mapping. The project focuses on areas like Leicester and aims to quantify benefits, identify needs and opportunities, and support partnerships to increase funding and implementation of actions.
The 2015 Catchment Based Approach Conference was held on June 8th at Fishmonger's Hall in London. The focus of the day was the sharing of best practice between partnerships. Nick Paling from the Westcountry Rivers Trust gave a presentation entitled, 'Ecosystem Service benefits in the Urban Environment: Developing a common framework for delivery & communication' as part of the 'Delivery in the Urban Environment' session.
Aspects of Urban resilience.
Presented as part of the Nature Addicts workshop, in the context of Eleusis Cultural Capital of Europe 2021 in Eleusis May 23, 2017
Urban Water Management Workshop ManchesterCaBASupport
The document summarizes a workshop on urban water management. It discusses why planning for water is important to reduce flooding and disruption and improve resilience. Good planning can reduce flooding, improve water quality and make cities more livable. The workshop covers how policy, legislation, and different plans work together on water management. It also discusses who is involved in water management partnerships and how they can achieve multiple benefits through innovative approaches.
This document summarizes the key points from an urban water management workshop held in London. It discusses why planning for water is important to reduce flooding and increase resilience. Good planning through integrated approaches like sustainable drainage systems can improve water quality and make cities more livable. The workshop covered how policy, legislation, and plans work together, and which organizations are involved in water management. Partnerships across different sectors were emphasized as ways to achieve multiple benefits through innovative projects.
This document outlines UN-Habitat's new Urban Resilience Indexing Programme. The program aims to [1] develop tools and standards to measure and strengthen urban resilience, [2] create a framework to assess resilience across different urban systems, and [3] engage cities directly to build ownership. Key outputs will include indicators to evaluate resilience, global standards, and monitoring tools to help cities strengthen infrastructure and plan for future crises. The program sees urban resilience as critical for sustainable development and will work with city networks to build capacity and pilot initiatives in 10 cities.
Brown bag impact measurement stakeholder engagement in the water program ma...Oxfam America
The document summarizes a brown bag session on impact measurement and stakeholder engagement for a water rights program in Ethiopia. It provides an overview of the program goals and theory of change, describes a stakeholder consultation workshop to get input on impact indicators and roles, and discusses next steps around developing an impact measurement framework with stakeholder input.
This document discusses resilience and vulnerability in smart urban systems from two perspectives: spatial economics and transport. It provides background on definitions of smart cities and outlines research questions around whether smart cities can evolve in complex and resilient ways. Key points covered include different definitions of resilience from engineering and ecological perspectives, the use of complex network and dynamic models to study resilience, and different interpretations of resilience in spatial economic studies.
This document provides an overview of principles, tools, and practices for building urban resilience. It discusses how cities face increasing disaster risks due to urbanization and climate change. Building resilience requires flexible, dynamic approaches that consider long-term trends, uncertainties, and worst-case scenarios. The document outlines guidance on risk assessment, risk-based land use planning, social resilience, ecosystem management, and enhancing resilience in key infrastructure sectors like water, energy, and transportation. The overall aim is to help decision-makers mainstream disaster risk management into urban planning and investments.
The City Resilience Index, developed by Arup with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, provides a comprehensive, technically robust, globally applicable basis for measuring city resilience. It is comprised of 52 indicators, which are assessed based on responses to 156 questions; through a combination of qualitative and quantitative data. The responses are aggregated and presented in relation to the 12 goals (or indices) in the Framework.
The Index has been piloted in 5 cities: Shimla, India, Concepcion, Chile, Arusha, Tanzania, Hong Kong, China and Liverpool, UK. We are encouraging policy makers and other city stakeholders to use the interactive on-line assessment tool at www.cityresilienceindex.org and begin this vital analysis.
Just as cities are hubs for innovations and investments that expand opportunities, they are also living laboratories forced to confront challenges of increasing complexity. What, and who, makes a city resilient—and not just livable in the short-term—has become an increasingly critical question, one we set out to answer in late 2012 with our partners at Arup through the creation of a City Resilience Index.
The document discusses challenges facing growing urban populations, including providing energy, water, food and infrastructure. Currently, cities consume 75% of the world's energy and are responsible for 80% of carbon emissions. By 2050, 70% of people will live in cities. The document then highlights strategies various cities have implemented to address these challenges through programs like Melbourne's 1200 Buildings retrofit program, Detroit's Greening of Detroit urban agriculture initiative, and Southern California's Regional Transportation Plan. Coastal cities face additional resiliency issues due to risks from sea level rise and flooding. Some cities have implemented plans to enhance resiliency.
Resilient Transportation Systems OKAPA October 2014Cynthia Hoyle
Transportation systems should be designed to accommodate variable and unexpected conditions without catastrophic failure. The uni-modal transportation system currently in place in most American cities cannot effectively accommodate natural or man-made disasters.
Presentation on Resilient Cities made at the ICLEI conference on Resilient Cities 2015 held in Bonn, Germany, by Tadashi Matsumoto, Regional Development Policy Division, OECD.
www.oecd.org/gov/regional-policy/
This document discusses integrated urban water management (IUWM) as an approach to address water security challenges in cities. IUWM takes a holistic view of the urban water cycle and involves stakeholders across sectors. The document outlines the principles of IUWM, including considering the entire water cycle as one system and integrating social, institutional, geographic, inter-sectoral and governance aspects. Case studies from Durban, Singapore, and Dakar demonstrate benefits of IUWM such as cost savings, job creation, increased water supply and improved sanitation. The document concludes by describing IUWM modules and programs that can be implemented to plan and finance IUWM projects at the city level.
Craig Applegath of Cohos Evamy presents on the need for resilient cities in the face of increasingly volatile social and environmental changes.
Presented at the 5th annual Green Building Festival in Toronto, Canada, 2009.
The role of valuation of ecosystem services for decision making & Methods of ...Iwl Pcu
The document discusses methods for valuing ecosystem services to inform decision making, including market prices, replacement costs, benefit transfer, and contingent valuation, and notes that while valuation studies alone cannot determine decisions, they can help identify trade-offs between ecosystem services and other economic activities.
Shocks and stresses are growing in frequency, impact and scale, with the ability to ripple across systems
and geographies. But cities are largely unprepared to respond, withstand, and rebound when disaster
strikes. The greatest burden of these increasing shocks, such as the impacts of climate change or public
health threats, often falls on poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources to cope with disaster
and who take longer to recover from it, disrupting livelihoods and increasing inequality.
The OECD Regional Sustainable Development Division is working on a project on Resilient Cities. This is the overview by Setsuko Saya, Head of Regional Sustainable Development, OECD.
www.oecd.org/regional/regional-policy/
The City Resilience Framework provides a lens through which the complexity of cities and the drivers that contribute to a city’s resilience can be understood. The 12 capacities in the 100RC City Resilience Framework collectively determine its ability a city’s resilience to a wide range of shocks and stresses.
This document discusses several approaches to addressing global sustainability challenges, including focusing on specific issues like energy sources and climate change impacts. However, the document notes that while focused studies are important, they risk missing larger connections. It advocates for an evolutionary theory approach to understand how sustainability challenges arose through the processes that created current phenomena and will generate future transformations. This includes comparing the order and dynamics of social and ecological systems, and seeing challenges as arising from increasing human complexity on Earth over time.
Business Guidelines for the Non-Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services.
These Business Guidelines for the Non-Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services (DESEC, its Portuguese acronym) present a proposal for the diagnosis of cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the territory as a support for business decision-making. The work is a result of the joint efforts of the Trends in Ecosystem Services (TeSE) and Local Development and Large Enterprises (IDLocal) initiatives during 2015, in partnership with member companies, with the TEEB R-L Project and invited experts.
GVces - Center for Sustainability Studies
www.gvces.com.br
This document provides an introduction to ecosystem services (ESS) and how they can be applied to problem-solving and decision-making in the Houston region. It defines ESS as the benefits that humans derive from nature, such as clean water, flood mitigation, and recreation opportunities. ESS are categorized as provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting. The document outlines how ESS can be quantified and valued to inform policy decisions around development, economics, and the environment. It presents tools and case studies to illustrate how translating ESS into economic terms can help stakeholders make more informed choices.
IRJET- Multiple Benefits of Green Infrastructure and Role of Green Infras...IRJET Journal
This document discusses the multiple benefits of green infrastructure and its role in sustainability and ecosystem services. It defines green infrastructure as a network of natural and semi-natural areas that provide essential ecosystem services for human well-being. Maintaining these services through green infrastructure is recognized as an important strategy for addressing future environmental challenges. The document outlines how green infrastructure, such as trees, parks, and vegetation, provide benefits like stormwater management, wildlife habitat, temperature regulation, and improved human health. It also discusses how newer forms of green infrastructure like rain gardens and green roofs can impact human health, though this effect is less clear. Overall, the document emphasizes that green infrastructure is a tool for achieving sustainability and maintaining important ecosystem functions that support life
Brown bag impact measurement stakeholder engagement in the water program ma...Oxfam America
The document summarizes a brown bag session on impact measurement and stakeholder engagement for a water rights program in Ethiopia. It provides an overview of the program goals and theory of change, describes a stakeholder consultation workshop to get input on impact indicators and roles, and discusses next steps around developing an impact measurement framework with stakeholder input.
This document discusses resilience and vulnerability in smart urban systems from two perspectives: spatial economics and transport. It provides background on definitions of smart cities and outlines research questions around whether smart cities can evolve in complex and resilient ways. Key points covered include different definitions of resilience from engineering and ecological perspectives, the use of complex network and dynamic models to study resilience, and different interpretations of resilience in spatial economic studies.
This document provides an overview of principles, tools, and practices for building urban resilience. It discusses how cities face increasing disaster risks due to urbanization and climate change. Building resilience requires flexible, dynamic approaches that consider long-term trends, uncertainties, and worst-case scenarios. The document outlines guidance on risk assessment, risk-based land use planning, social resilience, ecosystem management, and enhancing resilience in key infrastructure sectors like water, energy, and transportation. The overall aim is to help decision-makers mainstream disaster risk management into urban planning and investments.
The City Resilience Index, developed by Arup with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, provides a comprehensive, technically robust, globally applicable basis for measuring city resilience. It is comprised of 52 indicators, which are assessed based on responses to 156 questions; through a combination of qualitative and quantitative data. The responses are aggregated and presented in relation to the 12 goals (or indices) in the Framework.
The Index has been piloted in 5 cities: Shimla, India, Concepcion, Chile, Arusha, Tanzania, Hong Kong, China and Liverpool, UK. We are encouraging policy makers and other city stakeholders to use the interactive on-line assessment tool at www.cityresilienceindex.org and begin this vital analysis.
Just as cities are hubs for innovations and investments that expand opportunities, they are also living laboratories forced to confront challenges of increasing complexity. What, and who, makes a city resilient—and not just livable in the short-term—has become an increasingly critical question, one we set out to answer in late 2012 with our partners at Arup through the creation of a City Resilience Index.
The document discusses challenges facing growing urban populations, including providing energy, water, food and infrastructure. Currently, cities consume 75% of the world's energy and are responsible for 80% of carbon emissions. By 2050, 70% of people will live in cities. The document then highlights strategies various cities have implemented to address these challenges through programs like Melbourne's 1200 Buildings retrofit program, Detroit's Greening of Detroit urban agriculture initiative, and Southern California's Regional Transportation Plan. Coastal cities face additional resiliency issues due to risks from sea level rise and flooding. Some cities have implemented plans to enhance resiliency.
Resilient Transportation Systems OKAPA October 2014Cynthia Hoyle
Transportation systems should be designed to accommodate variable and unexpected conditions without catastrophic failure. The uni-modal transportation system currently in place in most American cities cannot effectively accommodate natural or man-made disasters.
Presentation on Resilient Cities made at the ICLEI conference on Resilient Cities 2015 held in Bonn, Germany, by Tadashi Matsumoto, Regional Development Policy Division, OECD.
www.oecd.org/gov/regional-policy/
This document discusses integrated urban water management (IUWM) as an approach to address water security challenges in cities. IUWM takes a holistic view of the urban water cycle and involves stakeholders across sectors. The document outlines the principles of IUWM, including considering the entire water cycle as one system and integrating social, institutional, geographic, inter-sectoral and governance aspects. Case studies from Durban, Singapore, and Dakar demonstrate benefits of IUWM such as cost savings, job creation, increased water supply and improved sanitation. The document concludes by describing IUWM modules and programs that can be implemented to plan and finance IUWM projects at the city level.
Craig Applegath of Cohos Evamy presents on the need for resilient cities in the face of increasingly volatile social and environmental changes.
Presented at the 5th annual Green Building Festival in Toronto, Canada, 2009.
The role of valuation of ecosystem services for decision making & Methods of ...Iwl Pcu
The document discusses methods for valuing ecosystem services to inform decision making, including market prices, replacement costs, benefit transfer, and contingent valuation, and notes that while valuation studies alone cannot determine decisions, they can help identify trade-offs between ecosystem services and other economic activities.
Shocks and stresses are growing in frequency, impact and scale, with the ability to ripple across systems
and geographies. But cities are largely unprepared to respond, withstand, and rebound when disaster
strikes. The greatest burden of these increasing shocks, such as the impacts of climate change or public
health threats, often falls on poor and vulnerable people who have limited resources to cope with disaster
and who take longer to recover from it, disrupting livelihoods and increasing inequality.
The OECD Regional Sustainable Development Division is working on a project on Resilient Cities. This is the overview by Setsuko Saya, Head of Regional Sustainable Development, OECD.
www.oecd.org/regional/regional-policy/
The City Resilience Framework provides a lens through which the complexity of cities and the drivers that contribute to a city’s resilience can be understood. The 12 capacities in the 100RC City Resilience Framework collectively determine its ability a city’s resilience to a wide range of shocks and stresses.
This document discusses several approaches to addressing global sustainability challenges, including focusing on specific issues like energy sources and climate change impacts. However, the document notes that while focused studies are important, they risk missing larger connections. It advocates for an evolutionary theory approach to understand how sustainability challenges arose through the processes that created current phenomena and will generate future transformations. This includes comparing the order and dynamics of social and ecological systems, and seeing challenges as arising from increasing human complexity on Earth over time.
Business Guidelines for the Non-Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services.
These Business Guidelines for the Non-Economic Valuation of Cultural Ecosystem Services (DESEC, its Portuguese acronym) present a proposal for the diagnosis of cultural ecosystem services (CES) in the territory as a support for business decision-making. The work is a result of the joint efforts of the Trends in Ecosystem Services (TeSE) and Local Development and Large Enterprises (IDLocal) initiatives during 2015, in partnership with member companies, with the TEEB R-L Project and invited experts.
GVces - Center for Sustainability Studies
www.gvces.com.br
This document provides an introduction to ecosystem services (ESS) and how they can be applied to problem-solving and decision-making in the Houston region. It defines ESS as the benefits that humans derive from nature, such as clean water, flood mitigation, and recreation opportunities. ESS are categorized as provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting. The document outlines how ESS can be quantified and valued to inform policy decisions around development, economics, and the environment. It presents tools and case studies to illustrate how translating ESS into economic terms can help stakeholders make more informed choices.
IRJET- Multiple Benefits of Green Infrastructure and Role of Green Infras...IRJET Journal
This document discusses the multiple benefits of green infrastructure and its role in sustainability and ecosystem services. It defines green infrastructure as a network of natural and semi-natural areas that provide essential ecosystem services for human well-being. Maintaining these services through green infrastructure is recognized as an important strategy for addressing future environmental challenges. The document outlines how green infrastructure, such as trees, parks, and vegetation, provide benefits like stormwater management, wildlife habitat, temperature regulation, and improved human health. It also discusses how newer forms of green infrastructure like rain gardens and green roofs can impact human health, though this effect is less clear. Overall, the document emphasizes that green infrastructure is a tool for achieving sustainability and maintaining important ecosystem functions that support life
Smart growth is an urban planning theory that promotes compact, transit-oriented, walkable development as an alternative to low-density, car-dependent sprawl. The key principles of smart growth include mixing land uses, creating walkable neighborhoods, providing a range of housing and transportation options, preserving open space, and encouraging community collaboration in development decisions. While there is no single definition, smart growth generally aims to more efficiently use infrastructure, preserve natural resources, and create more livable communities.
This document summarizes a case study evaluating potential financing mechanisms for Tapantí National Park in Costa Rica based on the economic value of ecosystem services. Key points:
- The study estimated the annual monetary value of biodiversity maintenance, water supply, and recreation/tourism services to be $2.5 million or $43 per hectare, with hydroelectric companies receiving 65% of the total benefits.
- Willingness-to-pay surveys found local stakeholders would pay at least $339,000 annually, enough to cover current and improved park management budgets.
- Proposed financing mechanisms include payments from hydroelectric companies through a water tax and contributions from other beneficiaries.
- Challenges include
1. Growing global instability such as population growth, decreasing resources, climate change, and aging infrastructure are threatening global stability.
2. Global action for transformational change is needed, such as China's shift to an "ecological civilization" and focus on sustainability. The circular economy model and public-private partnerships show promise to address these challenges.
3. A shift from observational to collaborative models is proposed, using integrated regional planning platforms and open-source data to improve sustainability, resilience, and quality of life in specific demonstration regions.
Towards resource efficient and zero waste societies sitecmy
- Defines 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) and zero waste as environmental concepts aimed at reducing waste generation and promoting more sustainable resource management.
- Notes that many government policies focus on downstream waste disposal rather than upstream waste prevention. Advocates for policies promoting greater resource efficiency through reducing consumption and waste.
- Provides examples of countries in Asia that have implemented policies and frameworks integrating 3Rs, resource efficiency and circular economy concepts into law and economic development plans. This includes Japan, Korea, China, India and others.
Ecosystem services for watershed management, Water Planning,Riccardo Rigon
i. The document discusses planning for ecosystem services in watershed management and urban water sectors. It explores boundary work practices and frameworks for designing watershed investments.
ii. A case study in Germany analyzes boundary work activities that helped transfer scientific knowledge into watershed management actions. The study evaluates factors like credibility, saliency and legitimacy.
iii. The document proposes a process-based approach to design watershed investment portfolios that maximize benefits like water security, poverty reduction, and soil erosion control. It assesses investment performance and impact on ecosystem services.
AECOM natural capital and ecosystem services April 2016Robert Spencer
The document discusses natural capital and ecosystem services. It defines natural capital as the world's stock of natural resources like air, water, soil, forests, and living things. Ecosystem services are the benefits provided by natural capital, like food, flood protection, and climate regulation. The document notes that natural capital is being depleted faster than it can replenish, threatening economic prosperity and human well-being. It advocates incorporating the true value of natural capital and ecosystem services into decision-making.
Anyone who has visited a garden centre knows
how much trees, shrubs, paving and other landscape
features cost. Stocking even a modest garden can
set you back hundreds of pounds. So it may come as
a shock to learn that most councils value public parks
at just £1 each. Even the largest, most spectacular
park, with beautiful mature trees, well-established
shrubs, paths, benches and a bandstand, is usually
valued on a council’s list of assets at just £1
Blake Lapthorn green breakfast with URS GlobalBlake Morgan
This document outlines the key concepts and process for establishing payments for ecosystem services (PES) schemes. It defines ecosystem services and PES, and describes the five main steps to set up a PES scheme: 1) identify the ecosystem service and buyers/sellers, 2) establish scheme principles, 3) negotiate and implement agreements, 4) monitor implementation, and 5) consider opportunities for multiple benefits. Examples of existing PES schemes are provided, such as those in Costa Rica, Mexico, and the UK, covering services like water quality, habitat protection, and carbon sequestration.
The document discusses natural capital accounting, which aims to quantify the value of natural resources and ecosystem services. It outlines the challenges of economic growth degrading the environment and notes that current systems do not reflect nature's invisibility and interdependence with human well-being. Natural capital accounting seeks to integrate environmental information into policies by valuing ecosystem services and changing incentives to reward stewardship of natural assets over the long run. The document provides definitions of natural capital and ecosystem services and describes different types of services like provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting. It also discusses tools like ecosystem and inclusive wealth accounting that can reflect natural values in decision making.
A Decision Support System for the Design and Evaluation of Durable Wastewater...AM Publications
To develop the waste water solutions challenging task. To design sustainable wastewater solution requires information about new ideas, new systems and latest technology. Generally it is assumed that, decision making needs to involve field experts and engineers to define values and brainstorms solution. This paper describes a decision support system model that is designed to help community planners to identify the solution which balance the environmental, economic and social needs. System will be scalable, adaptable and flexible. Our decision support system will take modular description of components and description of community constraints, suggest the design of alternative waste water system, and facilitates evaluating how well each design satisfies the given constraints. Decision support system will give alternatives with visualization of the effect of various trade-offs and their effect in the relation of the community’s goals.
A Decision Support System for the Design and Evaluation of Durable Wastewater...AM Publications
To develop the waste water solutions challenging task. To design sustainable wastewater solution requires information about new ideas, new systems and latest technology. Generally it is assumed that, decision making needs to involve field experts and engineers to define values and brainstorms solution. This paper describes a decision support system model that is designed to help community planners to identify the solution which balance the environmental, economic and social needs. System will be scalable, adaptable and flexible. Our decision support system will take modular description of components and description of community constraints, suggest the design of alternative waste water system, and facilitates evaluating how well each design satisfies the given constraints. Decision support system will give alternatives with visualization of the effect of various trade-offs and their effect in the relation of the community’s goals.
1. Integrated rural development projects from the 1960s-1970s and integrated conservation and development projects from the 1980s onward provide lessons for REDD+ project design. Both suffered from trying to accomplish too much too fast and a lack of understanding of local socio-political contexts.
2. Landscape-scale projects since the mid-1990s in places like the Congo Basin aim to balance conservation and development goals across larger geographies. They emphasize long timeframes, capacity building, and addressing threats at multiple scales.
3. Conditional cash transfer programs demonstrate the potential for incentives to change behaviors like education enrollment, but designing effective programs requires defining clear target populations and conditions.
Planning for Sustainable Communities: Master Plan Guidance for New Jersey Of...APA-NJ
Since the amendment to the MLUL in 2008 to include the Green Building and Environmental Sustainability Plan element (The Sustainability Plan) in the list of permitted Master Plan elements, towns across New Jersey have been taking sustainability planning more seriously. Especially in the wake of recent extreme weather, the need for short-term resiliency actions and long-term sustainability goals is more pressing than ever.
Therefore, it is with great pleasure that the Sustainability Committee of the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association announces the release of a sustainability planning guide for planners and municipal officials. The new guide, “Planning for Sustainable Communities: Master Plan Guidance for New Jersey Officials”, deconstructs the traditional master plan and offers new approaches to each of the plan elements with sound local and global examples that any NJ municipality can tailor to their needs.
The document proposes creating a Certified Urban Park Manager program to address gaps in existing education for urban park management. It finds current degree programs offer limited urban-focused coursework. The unique needs of urban parks require managers to have skills in areas like landscape architecture, environmental science, event management, and security. The proposed Certified Urban Park Manager program would consist of three elements - human, urban, and biological - to give managers a comprehensive understanding applicable to daily practice and ensure long-term sustainability of urban parks.
Land use and land-use change are central to economic and social development but can threaten sustainability. Sustainable land management practices like landscape restoration, low-carbon agriculture, and management techniques offer opportunities to reverse losses and yield financial benefits through improved outputs, ecotourism, and reduced costs. While markets can support landscape sustainability, non-market mechanisms are also needed like public funding, trusts, and land use planning. For long term sustainability, landscapes must endure over time by reusing infrastructure and retrofitting places to foster community and reduce vehicle dependence.
The document summarizes a presentation on the role of cities in creating Australia's future and challenges they face. It discusses two main challenges - environmental issues from climate change and resource constraints, and maintaining population health. Other topics covered include urban renewal as an economic accelerator, megatrends shaping the future, importance of cities to the economy, themes for building resilient cities, and the need for innovative planning approaches to address these issues.
Edward Bourque has experience in domestic urban planning, international WASH research and projects, and water sector knowledge management. He discusses WASH governance, including the political, economic, and social frameworks that determine access to WASH services across international, national, and local scales. Effective WASH governance requires coordination across levels of government, capacity building, and political will to improve affordability, service quality, accountability, and access to WASH services. Measuring WASH governance performance can help identify issues and ways to strengthen frameworks to sustainably deliver WASH services.
Similar to Local Action Project Demo Area: Thames Estuary Partnership (20)
On the 22nd June 201, Environmental experts, politicians and representatives from the agricultural sector gathered to discuss how the UK can better manage its soils for the benefit of people and the environment. The conference, Creating resilient catchments: Better Soil Management, was organised by Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) and brought together key bodies and individuals to understand the drivers and interests in soil management, paving the way for future collaboration.
The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
The document summarizes a conference for the Rivers Trust. It discusses the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA), which brings together local stakeholders to identify solutions to water management issues. CaBA has led to increased funding and more integrated, collaborative work. The National CaBA Support Group helps partnerships leverage funding and support catchment plans. CaBA tools like citizen science and online mapping are discussed. CaBA is seen as an effective way to achieve multiple benefits like water quality, flood risk management, and community well-being. Governance of CaBA emphasizes collaboration, social learning, and a systems approach.
The Partnership approach & assessing the benefits of catchment management. 12th & 13th September 2016 at the Rougemont Hotel, Exeter. Following the decision to leave the EU the need to come together to tackle the complex environmental problems we face such as diffuse pollution and habitat fragmentation has never been greater. This conference sets out the benefits and drawbacks of partnership working and the effectiveness of dealing with problems at a catchment scale.
Nick Paling's (WRT Head of Evidence & Engagement) overview presentation to the IFM- and SFCC-hosted 'Mapping Environmental Management Workshop' held in Edinburgh on the 1-2nd March 2016. To meet the growing threats to the environment and biodiversity posed by anthropogenic pressures and climate change; to make the most efficient and effective use of the limited resources available for conservation, and to fulfill our statutory conservation targets, there is now a growing imperative for conservation and fisheries management organisations to analyse and visualise spatial evidence to inform their work and to undertake landscape-scale conservation strategy development. As a result of this increased demand, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have now become a powerful and flexible tool used by many environmental scientists, ecologists and conservation biologists engaged in a wide array of work activities.
Rapid, fine-scale remote sensing to support targeted catchment managementWestcountry Rivers Trust
Nick Paling's (WRT Head of Evidence & Engagement) presentation on the work Westcountry Rivers Trust has been do with the University of Exeter to trial rapid, low-cost remote sensing technologies (with a specially developed smartphone app, a remote controlled drone and fine-grained Structure-from-Motion – SfM – photogrammetric modelling), and assessed the potential of this approach for targeting catchment management interventions designed to mitigate sources and pathways of diffuse agricultural pollution mobilisation at a farm/field scale. The study has also examined the benefits of using this approach compared to the use of freely available topogrpahic data obtained from Tellus SW LiDAR aerial survey (funded by NERC).
Presentation given at the IFM- and SFCC-hosted 'Mapping for Environmental Management Workshop' in Edinburgh on March 2nd 2016.
Collaborative delivery of green infrastructure and water management solutions (e.g. SuDS) in the urban environment can realise multiple benefits including reduced flood risk, improved water quality and biodiversity, greater amenity and enhanced community health and well-being. In March 2016, the CaBA Urban Working Group, in collaboration with the Defra Urban Ecosystem Services Project (www.urbanwater-eco.services) and Ciria (www.ciria.org), hosted a series of workshops designed to build capacity and expertise within CaBA partnerships to help drive greater collaborative delivery within the urban environment.
The Delivering Environmental Benefits for Urban Communities Conference included a ‘show and tell’ symposium designed to meet the objectives of the Urban CaBA Sub-Group: 1) champion the Catchment Partnership approach to water management in urban areas; 2) support CaBA partnerships nationwide by helping them to build capacity, expertise and engage more effectively with stakeholders, communities, developers, funders and businesses, and 3) promote the benefits and raise awareness of partnership working in the urban environment. During this session practitioners, strategic planners and academics were given 5 minute slots to introduce their work/expertise and to signpost people to their resources or further information. These 'pitches' were divided into: 1) practical delivery of interventions; 2) strategic tools/approaches (incl. CBA, targeting, design/optioneering); 3) help and guidance for urban practitioners, and 4) engagement, communications and partnership working. Speakers will be invited to say what they have done, what their objectives were and what the outcome of the work was/is intended to be.
In this 1 hour lecture Dr Nick Paling, the Westcountry Rivers Trust's Head of Data, Evidence & Communications illustrates how the pressures degrading water quality in a catchment can be assessed and their sources determined. Once done, this allows a carefully tailored and targeted plan of action to be formed to reduce these impacts.
This document discusses using stable isotopes to trace sources of phosphate in the River Taw catchment area. Phosphate concentrations in the river have been increasing, causing parts of the catchment to fail water quality standards for phosphorus. The document establishes baseline stable isotope signatures for different potential phosphate sources like soil, fertilizer, and manure. Isotope ratios were then measured for phosphate samples collected from sites across the catchment area. Preliminary results suggest the main sources of phosphate in the upper catchment are sewage treatment works, septic tanks, and possibly mineral fertilizers, with septic tanks being a diffuse source that could explain rising concentrations. More sampling is needed to better understand phosphate dynamics and identify other contributing sources
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. The University of Plymouth's Sean Comber gave a summary of their work with WRT to examine the effects of road run-off on the Upper River Teign.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. WRT's Scott West gave a presentation on the fishery managers toolbox for species and habitat management.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. The University of Plymouth's Peter Down gave a presentation on his work studying the hydromorphology of rivers, especially the effect of reservoirs on river substrates.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. WRT's Nick Paling gave an overview of how participatory interrogation of data and evidence can help engage catchment partners and inform/target catchment and environmental management.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. WRT's Laurence Couldrick gave an overview of the Ecosystems Approach to catchment management planning and delivery.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. The Environment Agency's Jerry Gallop gave a review of the Catchment Restoration Fund Programme over the last 3 years.
In December 2014 WRT held a Catchment Based Approach and Catchment Restoration Fund Conference in Exeter. The Environment Agency's David Baxter presented an overview of the River Basin Management Planning Process and the Catchment Based Approach
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The incorporation of a 3DCSM and completion of HRSC provided a tool for enhanced, data-driven, decisions to support a change in remediation closure strategies. Currently, an approved pilot study has been obtained to shut-down the remediation systems (ISCO, P&T) and conduct a hydraulic study under non-pumping conditions. A separate micro-biological bench scale treatability study was competed that yielded positive results for an emerging innovative technology. As a result, a field pilot study has commenced with results expected in nine-twelve months. With the results of the hydraulic study, field pilot studies and an updated risk assessment leading site monitoring optimization cost lifecycle savings upwards of $15MM towards an alternatively evolved best available technology remediation closure strategy.
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Optimizing Post Remediation Groundwater Performance with Enhanced Microbiolog...Joshua Orris
Results of geophysics and pneumatic injection pilot tests during 2003 – 2007 yielded significant positive results for injection delivery design and contaminant mass treatment, resulting in permanent shut-down of an existing groundwater Pump & Treat system.
Accessible source areas were subsequently removed (2011) by soil excavation and treated with the placement of Emulsified Vegetable Oil EVO and zero-valent iron ZVI to accelerate treatment of impacted groundwater in overburden and weathered fractured bedrock. Post pilot test and post remediation groundwater monitoring has included analyses of CVOCs, organic fatty acids, dissolved gases and QuantArray® -Chlor to quantify key microorganisms (e.g., Dehalococcoides, Dehalobacter, etc.) and functional genes (e.g., vinyl chloride reductase, methane monooxygenase, etc.) to assess potential for reductive dechlorination and aerobic cometabolism of CVOCs.
In 2022, the first commercial application of MetaArray™ was performed at the site. MetaArray™ utilizes statistical analysis, such as principal component analysis and multivariate analysis to provide evidence that reductive dechlorination is active or even that it is slowing. This creates actionable data allowing users to save money by making important site management decisions earlier.
The results of the MetaArray™ analysis’ support vector machine (SVM) identified groundwater monitoring wells with a 80% confidence that were characterized as either Limited for Reductive Decholorination or had a High Reductive Reduction Dechlorination potential. The results of MetaArray™ will be used to further optimize the site’s post remediation monitoring program for monitored natural attenuation.
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Climate change refers to significant and lasting changes in the average weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It encompasses both global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. While climate change is a natural phenomenon, human activities, particularly since the Industrial Revolution, have accelerated its pace and intensity
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4. LOCAL ACTION PROJECT
STRATEGIC DATA, EVIDENCE
+ INFORMATION
Present robust evidence in a clear way to
help build consensus, facilitate local
decision-making & secure funding
VALUING THE BENEFITS FROM
NATURAL CAPITAL
Develop a clear understanding of the social,
cultural, environmental and economic
benefits provided by natural capital in urban
landscapes and estimating potential
improvements
LOCAL CHOICES, PRIORITIES
+ AMBITIONS
Talk to the local community and civil
society groups to discover their future
vision and ambition for where they live
FUNDING + RESOURCES
FOR ACTION
Support the formation of effective
stakeholder-led partnerships by increasing
engagement, mobilising local delivery
organisations and tapping into funding
sources
Working with local communities to enhance the value of natural capital in our
towns, cities and other urban spaces to improve people’s lives, the environment &
economic prosperity…
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
5. PROJECT OUTPUTS
A suite of evidence and information resources to support the
targeting and implementation of environmental action in urban
landscapes
Review of environmental assets & natural value
Comprehensive review of the environmental infrastructure providing
benefits to people living in the urban landscape. The magnitude and
diversity of these benefits will be quantified and/or monetised).
Strategic assessment of benefits (need, priority)
Assessment of 12 benefits metrics to support strategic targeting of actions.
Combined with statutory or other priorities and drivers, to indicates greatest
need (or opportunity) for interventions.
Urban practitioners ‘toolbox’
A list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility criteria, the ‘needs’
addressed, and the likely cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits
likely to be realised.
Detailed opportunity mapping
Development of a list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility
criteria for its delivery, the ‘needs’ it has the potential to address, the likely
cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits likely to be realised.
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
9. PROJECT OUTPUTS
A suite of evidence and information resources to support the
targeting and implementation of environmental action in urban
landscapes
Review of environmental assets & natural value
Comprehensive review of the environmental infrastructure providing
benefits to people living in the urban landscape. The magnitude and
diversity of these benefits will be quantified and/or monetised).
Strategic assessment of benefits (need, priority)
Assessment of 12 benefits metrics to support strategic targeting of actions.
Combined with statutory or other priorities and drivers, to indicates greatest
need (or opportunity) for interventions.
Urban practitioners ‘toolbox’
A list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility criteria, the ‘needs’
addressed, and the likely cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits
likely to be realised.
Detailed opportunity mapping
Development of a list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility
criteria for its delivery, the ‘needs’ it has the potential to address, the likely
cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits likely to be realised.
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
10. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
Population Density
Overview of the wider Thames Estuary Partnership area
showing the areas of London with river frontage and
the areas of Essex and Kent surrounding the Estuary.
Greenwich Park
Westminster
Canvey Island
Thames Estuary Partnership
Sheerness
Rainham Marshes
RSPB Reserve
Richmond
Park
OVERVIEW
11. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
Focus Area for LAP study
STUDY AREAS
Overview of the wider Thames Estuary Partnership area
showing the ‘Focus Area’ for the indicators of benefits
assessment and ‘Target Area’ for detailed opportunity mapping
Target Area for
opportunity analyses
12. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
CURRENT ASSETS
This map shows the main areas and typologies of natural
infrastructure occurring in the Thames Estuary Partnership Area
and their distribution across the urban and rural landscapes
Current Natural Capital
Allotments Gardens
Accessible woodland Public parks
Rivers & ponds
13. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
Current Natural Capital in Target Area
CURRENT ASSETS
These maps illustrate the high level of detail that is available for mapping
green and blue infrastructure in London. Once high resolution datasets are
obtained from Green Infrastructure for Greater London (GIGL) features
such as sports areas, play areas and street trees can be mapped.
14. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
PARKS & GARDENS
In addition to examining the number of people with access to greenspaces, it is also
important to look at the value of parks and the pressure they are put under on the ‘supply
side’ of the equation.
• >10% of people access their local parks every day
• >50% access their local park > once a month
• Parks + open spaces are the 3rd most frequently
used public service (after GPs + hospitals)
Edinburgh:
Public parks give a SROI of on average
£12 for every £1 invested
Camley Street Park (London):
Provides £2.8 million in ecosystem
service benefits per year
Average management costs of UK
parks in 2013/14: £6,410/ha.
POTENTIAL VALUE
OF PARKS
Pressure on parks
Area (ha) of each park per
1,000 people that live within
600m (10mins) walk of it
20. PROJECT OUTPUTS
A suite of evidence and information resources to support the
targeting and implementation of environmental action in urban
landscapes
Review of environmental assets & natural value
Comprehensive review of the environmental infrastructure providing
benefits to people living in the urban landscape. The magnitude and
diversity of these benefits will be quantified and/or monetised).
Strategic assessment of benefits (need, priority)
Assessment of 12 benefits metrics to support strategic targeting of actions.
Combined with statutory or other priorities and drivers, to indicates greatest
need (or opportunity) for interventions.
Urban practitioners ‘toolbox’
A list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility criteria, the ‘needs’
addressed, and the likely cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits
likely to be realised.
Detailed opportunity mapping
Development of a list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility
criteria for its delivery, the ‘needs’ it has the potential to address, the likely
cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits likely to be realised.
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
22. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
INDICATORS OF BENEFIT
To target and implement interventions that enhance natural capital effectively have
developed a series of metrics that assess the current benefits being
experienced by people and the environment.
Each indicator is a measure with the potential to be
enhanced through natural solutions.
BENEFITS
• Ward-scale analysis
• Metrics typically represent
range of values in study area
• White spaces represent
opportunity/need for
improvement
Access to Greenspace
Percentage of people in a ward who live within 600m (10mins)
walk of an accessible greenspace.
Air Quality (PM2.5)
Mean concentration of PM2.5 modelled
for 2016, derived from background
maps from the UK-AIR data archive.
Flood Risk (Rivers and Sea)
Number of properties that have a
greater than 1 in 100 year chance of
flooding from rivers and/or sea.
WFD Pressures/RFFs
Number of urban ‘reasons for not
achieving good WFD status’ identified
for each river waterbody.
Average House Price
Mean price paid for a terraced
house in 2015.
Flood Damage Cost (Surface Water)
Estimated costs incurred due to flood damage
from SW flooding, based on figures in the EA
National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA).
Aesthetic value of landscape
Number of nature-related photos taken in
the area that have been uploaded to Flickr
and tagged accordingly.
Cultural Activity
Number of natural environment-realted cultural
resources/facilities per 1000 people, including places
such as allotments, sports clubs.
Flood Risk (Surface Water)
Number of properties that have a
greater than 1 in 100 year chance of
flooding from surface water.
Local Climate Regulation
Urban heat island effect measured
using Landsat 8 satellite thermal
imaging data.
Habitats for wildlife
Percentage of ward area that is
described as a priority habitat in
Natural England’s Priority Habitats
Inventory.
Low Flows
The water availability value of river
waterbody catchments, according to
the EA’s Catchment Abstraction
Management Strategy (CAMS).
GOOD
BAD
EXPERIENCE
23. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
Index of Multiple Deprivation
General Health
SOCIAL ISSUES
The Index of Multiple Deprivation is a UK government
qualitative study of deprived areas in English local councils.
Data on ‘general health’ is also available.
24. SOCIALBENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
ACCESS TO GREENSPACE
Many studies have shown that spending time in natural green spaces can significantly improve mental and physical
health. These spaces not only provide the opportunity to do fitness or recreate but they also provide non-physical
benefits, such as emotional or spiritual benefits.
Access to nature (SINCs) - GIGL
The indicator used for this assessment shows the
percentage of people in a ward who live within
600m (10mins) walk of an accessible greenspace
Access to public parks -
GIGL
Ward Assessment
Best
Worst
Experience
25. SOCIALBENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
AIR QUALITY (PM2.5)
Air pollution can have a significant effect on mortality and causes a reduction in life expectancy (COMEAP, 2009; Defra,
2008). It could cause concomitant health costs in the UK of up to £15 billion a year (DEFRA, 2008). In addition, it is also
thought to have a negative impact on the natural environment and to reduce biodiversity (CEH RoTAP Report, 2009).
Ward Assessment
Modelled air quality baseline – PM2.5
The indicator used to indicate air quality is the
mean background concentration of PM2.5 in 2016.
Air Quality Management
Areas (AQMAs)
2.5
AQMAs
These are areas that have been
identified by Local Authorities as
being unlikely to meet the
national objectives for air quality.
Best
Worst
Experience
26. SOCIALBENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
FLOOD RISK (RIVERS & SEA)
Flood risk management is incredibly important as flooding can not only cause a huge amount of physical damage and
disruption to an area, but it can also have a profound effect on the psychological health and emotional wellbeing of the
people who live there.
Flood risk from rivers & sea
The indicator used to indicate flood risk from rivers
and sea is the number of properties located in >1 in
100 year flood risk areas (from rivers and sea).
Properties at risk of fluvial
or coastal flooding
Ward Assessment
Best
Worst
Experience
27. SOCIALBENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
FLOOD RISK (SURFACE)
Surface water (pluvial) flooding happens when rainwater does not drain away through the normal drainage systems or
soak into the ground, but lies on or flows over the ground instead. Surface water flooding can cause serious problems for
urban communities, particularly as it can often be contaminated with untreated waste water.
The indicator for surface water flooding is the
number of properties located in >1 in 100 year
flood risk areas (from surface water).
Properties at risk of
SW flooding
Flood risk from surface water
Ward Assessment
Best
Worst
Experience
28. CULTURALBENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
AESTHETICVALUE
It is generally accepted that the higher the quality and aesthetic value of a landscape, the more likely people are to take
photographs of it.A number of studies have now used the distribution of photos taken and uploaded to the internet as
an indicator of high quality and culturally important natural resources.
The indicator used for this analysis is the number
of nature-tagged photos present in each ward
Density of nature-tagged photos
Ward Assessment
Island Gardens at the south end of the Isle of Dogs
Image: Matt Buck 2016
Best
Worst
Experience
29. CULTURALBENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
CULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Where there are natural resources that offer opportunities for cultural activities, it is common for clubs, associations,
organisations or institutions to form.These groups provide a platform for people to undertake cultural activities
together and can be taken as an indicator of the resources provided for these pastimes.
The indicator used for this analysis is the number
of identified cultural activity groups or facilities per
1000 people in each ward
Density of cultural resources/facilities
Ward Assessment
Scheduled Heritage Sites
Heritage Sites
Sites with high heritage
value are protected and
managed by Heritage
England and are of high
cultural value.
Best
Worst
Experience
30. ENVIRO.BENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
WATER QUALITY
The transfer of fresh water onto and then across the land is one of the fundamental processes that sustain life on
Earth.All of us depend on the fresh clean water in our rivers and streams every day – we drink it, we recreate on and
in it and it sustains other life on which we depend for food and enjoyment.
Pollution Incidents
The recorded pollution
incidents (esp. 3 and 4)
for an area can be a good
indicator of the water
quality problems derived
form CSOs and
misconnections
The indicator used for this analysis is number of
urban ‘reasons for not achieving good WFD status’
identified for each river waterbody.
Number of urban RNAGs effectingWQ
Ward Assessment
Pollution incidents
Best
Worst
Experience
31. ENVIRO.BENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
LOW FLOWS
Rivers require sufficient flow during dry periods to remain in good ecological condition.Water quantity in a river also
has a direct bearing on the effluent volumes and concentrations that can be discharged from point sources of pollution.
Where abstraction licences exist for various reasons there is also a clear need for base-flows to be maintained.
The water availability value of river waterbody
catchments, according to the EA’s Catchment
Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS)
Flood risk from surface water
Ward Assessment
Abstractions:
type + volume
Best
Worst
Experience
32. ENVIRO.BENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE
The species and biodiversity that occur in a catchment landscape are supported by the network of natural habitats and
greenspaces that currently exist in the catchment landscape. Habitat patches must be of a particular extent and have
sufficient connectivity to be a functional ecological network.
The indicator used for this analysis is the
percentage land cover that comprises of priority
habitats, for each ward.
Ward Assessment
Priority habitats - NE
Designated sites for nature
conservation
Best
Worst
Experience
33. ENVIRO.BENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
LOCAL CLIMATE REGULATION
There is increasing pressure on governments and communities to make efforts to alleviate local and global climate change
impacts. It is important to protect or enhance existing stores of carbon, where possible, to prevent carbon emissions
from rising further. Furthermore, measure should implemented to reduce the urban heat island effect.
The indicator used for this analysis is the average
temperature in each MSOA as shown by Landsat 8
thermal imaging
Temperature variation: thermal imaging
Ward Assessment
Landcover comparison
Best
Worst
Experience
34. ENVIRO.BENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
FLOOD DAMAGE COST
The costs associated with remediation and repair after a flood has passed can be extremely high, particularly when
critical infrastructure is damaged. While the media often focuses on swelling rivers and stormy seas, the impacts of
surface water flooding can be just as severe.
Surface water flood damage
Ward Assessment
Commercial properties at
risk of SW flooding
Best
Worst
Experience
The indicator is the estimated costs incurred due to flood
damage from SW flooding, based on figures in the EA
National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA).
35. ENVIRO.BENEFIT
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
PROPERTYVALUE
A high-quality public environment that is pleasant and well-maintained increases footfall in retail areas and offers very
clear benefits to the local economy in terms of stimulating increased house prices, since house-buyers are willing to pay
to be near green space.
The indicator used to give an indication of
property value is mean house price for a flat or
apartment in 2015.
Average sale price of a terraced house
Ward Assessment
Best
Worst
Experience
39. PROJECT OUTPUTS
A suite of evidence and information resources to support the
targeting and implementation of environmental action in urban
landscapes
Review of environmental assets & natural value
Comprehensive review of the environmental infrastructure providing
benefits to people living in the urban landscape. The magnitude and
diversity of these benefits will be quantified and/or monetised).
Strategic assessment of benefits (need, priority)
Assessment of 12 benefits metrics to support strategic targeting of actions.
Combined with statutory or other priorities and drivers, to indicates greatest
need (or opportunity) for interventions.
Urban practitioners ‘toolbox’
A list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility criteria, the ‘needs’
addressed, and the likely cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits
likely to be realised.
Detailed opportunity mapping
Development of a list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility
criteria for its delivery, the ‘needs’ it has the potential to address, the likely
cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits likely to be realised.
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
40. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
URBAN TOOLBOX
Splits into FOUR broad approaches -
• Restoration / regeneration of urban environments
• GI or SuDS in new development
• Retrofit or greening actions
• Increased functionality – e.g. increased amenity or
access
• For each intervention we have developed
factsheets including cost and benefits info
AND include opportunity/feasibility criteria to
facilitate mapping/scenario development
41. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
Rain Gardens are usually small vegetated depressions in
the ground created mainly in residential areas to take
surface water run-off from roofs and hard surfaces.
RAIN GARDEN
Infiltration, bio-retention, soakaways
+ They but can vary significantly in size and are sometimes also called
‘bio-retention cells’
+ Aid infiltration by slowing water down and increasing soil permeability
+ Reducing runoff through root uptake of water and transpiration
+ Can act to remove pollutants from water – especially if wetland areas
are incorporated into the design
+ Aesthetically pleasing and can improve QoL and landscape value
IMPLEMENTATION
Rain gardens mimic the natural water retention of undeveloped land and reduce
the volume of water entering drains so they need to be hydrologically connected
Costs: £20-270+/m2 dependent on size and context.
Due to high variability of design and situation.£ £ £
Maintenance: low dependent on context but mainly
litter/sediment removal. Plants need to endure
waterlogged as well as dry conditions.
£ £ £
Stress levels
Wellbeing
Exposure to nature
Outdoor Learning
x
Allergy risk
Aesthetic quality can
degrade if not managedFeasibility: Can be used for retrofit in residential, industrial or
urban areas. Hydrological connectivity must exist or be created
42. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
RAIN GARDEN
Infiltration, bio-retention, soakaways
Stakeholder
dialogue
Partnership
working
Benefits/value
assessment
CASESTUDIES
Strategic
targeting
Practical delivery
of measures
The Rain Garden Guide
This guide is intended to help the homeowner or property manager
to create a simple rain garden within their own property.
www.raingardens.info/the-rain-garden-guide
Rain garden: design, construction and maintenance
recommendations based on a review of existing
systems
N. Somes, M. Potter, Joe Crosby and M Pfitzner.
In order to better understand factors that contribute to the
successful implementation of street scale Water Sensitive Urban
Design (WSUD) assessments were undertaken at 22 sites across
Melbourne.
www.eng.warwick.ac.uk/ircsa/pdf/13th/Somes.pdf
Evaluating rain gardens as a method to reduce the
impact of sewer overflows in sources of drinking water
Autixier L, Mailhot A, Bolduc S, Madoux-Humery AS, Galarneau M,
Prévost M, Dorner S.
Science of the Total Environment (2014) 499:238-47
Rain gardens were evaluated for their reduction of volumes of water
entering the drainage network and of CSOs.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25192930
SuDS for Schools -
The SuDS for Schools project is working with ten schools in the
Pymmes Brook catchment in North London to design and build
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in the school grounds.
www.sudsforschools.wwt.org.uk/
Ashby Grove residential retrofit rain garden, London
The Ashby Grove rain garden retrofit is designed to remove roof
water from a social housing block in Islington. The aim is to
disconnect one of the roof downpipes and allow water to flow
directly into a newly designed rain garden.
tinyurl.com/zpowlef
Islington Raingarden
The Ashby Grove raingarden in Islington was designed and
constructed as a practical example of what can be done in small
landscape spaces as suggested in the Islington SuDS Design Guide.
robertbrayassociates.co.uk/projects/islington-raingarden
Strutts Centre Rain Garden, Belper
Trent Rivers Trust have just completed this National Demonstration
Sustainable Drainage scheme (SuDS) designed by national expert Bob
Bray, on a grade II listed building.
www.trentriverstrust.org/site/Rain-Gardens
43. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
Trees can perform a number of functions that in turn
provide a number of different benefits to people in urban
landscapes -
TREES
Street trees, tree pits, urban forest
+ Improving air quality by trapping pollutants
+ Intercepting rainfall to slow the rate of water reaching the ground
+ Increasing infiltration by creating permeable surfaces
+ Reducing runoff through root uptake of water and transpiration
+ Trees are also aesthetically pleasing natural features in an urban
landscape and thus provide many less tangible benefits that improve
people’s quality of life, health and wellbeing
IMPLEMENTATION
Trees are very versatile and can be used in a variety of situations. The benefits
produced depend on their size, species, location and style of delivery.
Costs per singular tree: £100-400
(including planting and initial maintenance)£ £ £
Maintenance: mainly pruning
(as part of landscape management)£ £ £
stress levels
exercise frequency
New-born health
exercise frequency
New-born health
Property damage:
roots, litter, shading
x
allergy risk
Can block views
Feasibility: can be planted in pavements large enough to receive
them. Cab planted on existing GI or in new developments
44. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
TREES
Street trees, tree pits, urban forest
Stakeholder
dialogue
Partnership
working
Benefits/value
assessment
CASESTUDIES
Strategic
targeting
Practical delivery
of measures
Urban Forest Effects Model (UFORE) & i-Tree Eco
The Urban Forest Effects Model (UFORE) is a science-based, peer-
reviewed computer model designed to assess and quantify urban
forest ecosystem services, based on field data inputs and external
datasets (e.g. weather and pollution). It was adapted for inclusion
with the i-Tree software suite from the USDA Forest Service, and
was subsequently renamed as i-Tree Eco.
www.itreetools.org
Longitudinal effects on mental health of moving to
greener and less green urban areas.
Alcock I, White MP, Wheeler BW, Fleming LE, Depledge MH.
Environmental Science & Technology (2014) 21; 48 (2):1247-55.
Moving to greener urban areas was associated with sustained mental
health improvements, suggesting that environmental policies to
increase urban green space may have sustainable public health
benefits.
Torbay's Urban Forest
The study (the first of its kind in the UK) used the i-Tree Eco model
(developed by the US Forest Service, and based on peer reviewed
research) to quantify the structure, and some of the major
environmental benefits delivered by Torbay’s trees.
www.torbay.gov.uk/tuf.pdfitreetools.org
StreetTree London
Street Tree is a non-profit making company founded on the belief
that trees should form an integral part of the urban landscape. Our
aim is to increase London's tree stock, working with Local
Authorities, Fund-holders, and business partners, to promote street
trees and the many benefits they bring.
www.streettree.org
Red Rose Forest – Green Streets Case Studies
Red Rose Forest's Green Streets team is dedicated to making our
towns and cities greener and more attractive places to live, work and
invest. They plant street trees, deliver bespoke street greening
projects, create places to grow food, greenspace improvement, plant
community woodlands and orchards, build green roofs and improve
school grounds.
tinyurl.com/j3vhpxm
Wirral StreetTrees Programme
A tree planting programme that is helping to transform Wirral into a
thriving economic hub. By April this year over 600 trees across 8km
will have been planted in streets and green spaces, as part of a three-
year programme to link residential areas to places of employment
and training.
tinyurl.com/jn5ggpd
45. PROJECT OUTPUTS
A suite of evidence and information resources to support the
targeting and implementation of environmental action in urban
landscapes
Review of environmental assets & natural value
Comprehensive review of the environmental infrastructure providing
benefits to people living in the urban landscape. The magnitude and
diversity of these benefits will be quantified and/or monetised).
Strategic assessment of benefits (need, priority)
Assessment of 12 benefits metrics to support strategic targeting of actions.
Combined with statutory or other priorities and drivers, to indicates greatest
need (or opportunity) for interventions.
Urban practitioners ‘toolbox’
A list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility criteria, the ‘needs’
addressed, and the likely cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits
likely to be realised.
Detailed opportunity mapping
Development of a list (or ‘toolbox’) of interventions; including feasibility
criteria for its delivery, the ‘needs’ it has the potential to address, the likely
cost and the diversity and magnitude of the benefits likely to be realised.
LOCALACTIONPROJECT
46. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
TARGET AREA 1
Peninsula Ward. Pop – 14,051
- Very poor air quality
- High flood risk from rivers and sea
- Moderate surface water flood risk
(and damage costs)
- High urban heat island effect
- Low property values
Blackwall & Cubitt Town Ward. Pop – 12,769
- Very poor air quality
- Very high flood risk from rivers and sea
- Very high surface water flood risk (and damage costs)
- Low provision of cultural activity resources
- Very low habitat provision and high urban heat island effect
- Very low property values
Using the information gathered from the previous sections, we are able to identify wards
that could benefit the most from increased or improved environmental infrastructure and
also what types of interventions are appropriate to meet those needs.
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
47. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites for specific
interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding sought, community
consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.
GREEN ROOFS
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
48. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites for specific
interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding sought, community
consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.
RIVER RESTORATION
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
49. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites for specific
interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding sought, community
consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.
STREETTREES
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
50. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites for specific
interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding sought, community
consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.
WATER STORAGE
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
51. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites for specific
interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding sought, community
consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.
HYDROLOGICAL
CONNECTIVITY
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
54. LOCALACTIONPROJECT
OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Perform high resolution hydrological and suitability analyses to identify candidate sites for specific
interventions – these sites can then be ‘worked-up’ with resource/funding sought, community
consultation, optioneering, design and delivery.
FRONT GARDENS
Landscape Target Area 1
Isle of Dogs East + Peninsula
Gardens
Front gardens
Gardens targeting