Greening the Urban Environment: Trends and Opportunities
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1 Greening the Urban Environment: Trends and Opportunities HKQAA Symposium 2018 Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel 17 May 2018 C Y Jim University of Hong Kong hragjcy@hku.hk geog.hku.hk/staf_ft_jim.html C.Y. Jim 1
2 Introduction Universal quest for green cities Urban environmental quality for people and nature Quality of life and liveability expectations More than the garden city Spatial ecological approach Key issues Quantity and quality of urban green infrastructure Distribution and connectivity pattern of green spaces Accessibility and distance to green spaces Coverage of greenery Biomass structure of greenery Multiple ecosystem services (Nature-based solutions) Social, economic and health benefits Climate-change adaptation 2
3 Maximize ecological functions (ecosystem services) Berlin s Biotope Area Factor (BAF) Nature-based solutions for sustainable and liveable cities elt/landschaftsplanung/bff/index_en.shtml 3
4 BAF: Principles and computation 4
5 Provide high and complex vegetation cover Singapore Singapore 5 Acapulco
6 Maximize green plot ratio Tokyo 6
7 Offer people-friendly green spaces Tokyo Singapore 7
8 Cover park surface predominantly with greenery Leuven CY Jim: Greening Brussels the Urban Environment: Trends and Opportunities 8
9 Increase green cover of built-up areas 9
10 Install urban lawns Paris Seoul 10
11 Adopt naturalistic park design Tokyo Singapore Tokyo 11
12 Insert greenway or linear park Tokyo Vancouver Leuven 12 Kagoshima
13 Design blueway-cumgreenway Dublin 13
14 Maximize street greening in compact city areas Tokyo 14
15 Install roadside soil corridor Chicago 15 Berlin
16 Widen pavement for trees Singapore Lanzho 16
17 Plant multiple tree rows Bruges Rome San Francisco 17 Taipei
18 Green pedestrianized shopping streets Frankfurt Barcelona 18
19 Insert trees at roadside parking spaces Saint Gallen Brussels Zurich 19
20 Barcelon a Convert tramways into turf strips Dublin Vienna Zurich 20
21 Green spaces below flyovers Singapore 21
22 x Aim at ground-level greening 22
23 Introduce temporary greening of vacant lots Singapore 23
24 Create world class highway greening Singapore 24 Green tunnel effect
25 Protect greenery in urban development Nice Kuala Lumpur 25
26 Respect existing nature Preservation of existing urban woodland, Sapporo 26
27 Create large urban forest park Yoyogi Park, Tokyo 27
28 Create mini-woodland patches Paris Osaka Singapore Bruges 28
29 Conserve heritage & champion trees Osaka Vertimiglia 29
30 Enhance nature-in-city functions 30
31 Create natural pockets in green spaces Urban biodiversity enhancement London 31
32 Preserve food and primary production Allotment garden & urban agriculture 32
33 Foster social functions & interactions 33
34 Facilitate citizen participation in UGS planning 34
35 Plan for green and blue infrastructure network Greenways & blueways Philaphelphia 35
36 Allow green fingers to penetrate the city Moscow Xiamen Hong Kong 36
37 Green roof: Urban renaissance Environmentally friendly and holistic urban design CY 37 Jim:
38 Green roof: University building Nanyang Technical University, Singapore CY 38 Jim:
39 Green roof: Residential building Waldspirale, Darmstadt Returning nature to city 39
40 Sky woodland & green wall: Electricity substation Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong CY 40 Jim:
41 Mitigate urban heat island effect Paris 41
42 Install cool islands (green spaces) Thermal behaviour of green and built-up areas Climate change adaptation and proofing of cities 42
43 Conclusion Nurture a culture of meritorious urban greening Innovative solution to constraints of compact city greening Create opportunities in new urban and urban renewal areas Institute enabling planning and development policies Rectify bias towards development at the expense of nature Integrate greenery into sustainable and liveable cities Treat greening as an indispensable UGI 43
44 End of presentation Questions and comments are welcome 44
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