Breaking the Barriers: Engineering Solutions to Ecological Problems A Joined-up Regional Landscape: A Roadmap to connect the parts Associate Professor Darryl Low Choy Urban Research Program
Outline Nature of the regional scale problem Origins of the corridor concept in SEQ planning Concept of Landscape Corridors Treatment in the SEQ Regional Plan Landscape Corridors as infrastructure A Strategic Roadmap
Continuing urbanisation & peri-urbanisation of the SEQ region The nature of the Sunshine Coast regional-scale problem Gold Coast
Linear (Amenity) Peri-urbanisation
Corridor severance & remnant vegetation resulting from peri-urbanisation Remnant Vegetation Patch Erosion Corridor Severance
Origins of the corridor concept in SEQ regional planning First (voluntary) Regional Planning initiative for SEQ (1991 to 2001)
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1994
Concept of Landscape Corridors
Purpose of Landscape Corridors to address landscape fragmentation to maintain or increase landscape connectivity to link areas of similar landscape value/attributes to protect landscape values to facilitate movement through the landscape to provide a continuous experience of the landscape to facilitate landscape appreciation
Biodiversity (Ecological) Corridors [Greenways] Core habitat patch Continuous corridor Core habitat patch
Biodiversity (Terrestrial) Corridors
Biodiversity (Aquatic) Corridors
(European) Cultural Heritage Trails
Aboriginal Pathways
Aboriginal Dreaming Tracks
Aboriginal Cultural Corridors The Lurujarri Trail (part of the song cycle) The song cycle: a path taken by ancestral spirits where people, animals, rocks, trees, waterholes and every component of the landscape evolved through the song of creation (Sinatra & Murphy, 1999)
Regional Recreation Trails
Infrastructure Corridors
Regional Scenic Landscape Linkages SEQ
Scenic Corridors (Routes)
First (statutory) regional plan for SEQ Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area 2005
Community s Regional Landscape Values requiring protection biodiversity water quality & quantity good quality agricultural land scenic amenity nature based recreation opportunities cultural (incl( indigenous) heritage ecosystem services
Conceptual Regional Landscape Framework KEY Outdoor recreation Rural production Regional Landscape and Rural Production Area Landscape corridor Cultural heritage Landscape character area Landscape character area Core Landscape Area Core Landscape Area Urban Footprint Inter-urban break Urban Footprint Inter-urban break Landscape character area Urban Footprint Coastal Waters Landscape Value Inter-regional landscape link Nature conservation Scenic amenity
Second (statutory) regional plan for SEQ 2009
Direction & Guidance to Other Areas of Planning Activity SEQ Regional Plan 2005-2026 2026 direction & guidance Local Government Local Growth Management Strategies Structure Plans for new & greenfield developments State Government Agency plans Local Government IPA Schemes Local Government Corporate Plans
Landscape Corridors as Infrastructure
Physical Infrastructure Environmental Infrastructure Social Infrastructure
Linking Infrastructure Planning with Land Use & Landscape Planning Whole-of-State Government Coordination for Infrastructure provision Physical Infrastructure Social Infrastructure Environmental Infrastructure
Components of the US Green Infrastructure Concept HUBS: reserves, native landscapes, working lands, regional parks and community parks. LINKS: landscape linkages, conservation corridors, greenways, greenbelts and riparian floodplains. (Benedict & McMahon, 2002)
This Type of Corridor is NOT an option!
A Regional Landscape Corridor Roadmap for SEQ
A Roadmap to Operationalise the Concept of Landscape Corridors Landscape values ongoing research Confirm range of values to be incorporated in Landscape Corridors Establish a Landscape Corridor Working Group Stakeholder Briefings Technical workshops Regional Forum: Landscape Corridors Consensus on form and purpose of Landscape Corridors Give policy coverage and formal recognition to landscape Corridors in the Regional Plan (statutory) Cascade into lower level planning (eg state agency plans; local government plans and private sector structure plans) Heritage Trails Define the type and range of Landscape Corridors Regional Landscape Framework ongoing development Strategic delineation of existing, partial, and potential Landscape Corridors at the regional scale Local scale delineation of existing, partial, and potential Landscape Corridors Multiple purpose corridors Single purpose corridors local scale wildlife barrier mitigation measure Recreation Trails Scenic amenity corridors etc
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