Parks and Open Spaces: Keeping our Air Clean in a Post-Covid Era … · 2020-07-16 · result of...
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Parks and Open Spaces:
Keeping our Air Clean in
a Post-Covid Era
Chair:Tomos Joyce,
Project Officer
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Rachael AldridgeProject OfficerCross River Partnership
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Today’s Speakers
Tomos JoyceProject OfficerCross River Partnership
Chair / Speaker
Jacqueline BleicherUrban Design Director Global Urban Design
Speaker
Susannah WilksDirectorCross River Partnership
Speaker
Fiona CoullProject ManagerCross River Partnership
Speaker
Tony Leach Chief ExecutiveParks for London
Speaker
Ross PhillipsProject OfficerCross River Partnership
Chat Moderator
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Today’s Agenda
1. CRP Introduction / Parks Context
2. PfL: The Role of Parks and Open
Spaces
3. GUD: Placemaking
Suitable for a Post-Covid Era
4. Green Spaces: Their Role in Our
Streets
Have your say:Q/A session after each
presentation
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Introduction to Cross River Partnership
Susannah Wilks, CRP Director
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CRP Projects
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CRP’s Vision
Rick Miller, 2018
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Park-led Recovery
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Green Infrastructure and Low Emission Neighbourhoods
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CRP’s Support for Green Infrastructure
Cross River Partnership is working at pace to help support communities, Local Authorities and private bodies with their Covid-19 response
1 - 2m
Physical Interventions Monitoring Guidance
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The Importance of Parks and Open Spaces
Tony Leach, Parks for London
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Parks and green spaces: keeping our air clean
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749114003546
Urban parks
Effective tool for noise & air pollution
mitigation.
Can reduce noise NOx, CO and PM10 values
and increase O3 levels.
Can contribute to pollen allergies.
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Green Infrastructure: keeping our air clean
https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/green_infrastruture_air_pollution_may_19.pdf
Trees, SUDs, roof gardens, hedges, vertical plantings, etc
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Parks & green spaces: during Covid-19
• Lockdown has had a bigger impact on mental than
physical health, but parks are a lifeline
• Physical and mental health boosted by parks say
70%
• 60% have used parks at least twice a week since
lockdown
• 7 in 10 younger people will continue to visit parks
more than before lockdown
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park survey June 2020
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Green infrastructure: post Covid 19
http://www.greenkeeperuk.co.uk/
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Parks for London: Tools to help
Good Parks for London Health Parks
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Questions?
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Placemaking Suitable for a Post-Covid Era
Jacqueline Bleicher, Global Urban Design
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Questions?
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Green Spaces: Their Role in Our StreetsFiona Coull, Project Manager
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Facts and Statistics
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Over 9,000 Londoners die prematurely each year as a
result of air pollution
£3.7 billion is the cost of air pollution to London’s
economy
Physical inactivity directly contributes to one in six deaths in the UK and the morbidity it causes costs
business and wider society billions of pounds a year
43% of all cars are parked on-street, taking up well over 1,400 hectares of space (equivalent to 10
Hyde Parks in size)
Psychosis and depression occur at
higher rates in urbanised areas and in the UK, 1 in 4 people
now experience mental health issues
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Streets as Places for People
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“We need to urgently reconsider use of street
space to provide safe and appealing spaces to walk
and cycle as an alternative to car use ..”
London Streetspace Plan (May 2020)
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The Healthy Streets Approach
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The Healthy Streets Approach is a global policy framework that “puts people and their health at the centre of decisions about how we design, manage and use public spaces ”.
It aims to make streets healthy, safe and welcoming for everyone by prioritising people and their needs.
Underpinning the Healthy Streets Approach are 10 ‘Healthy Street Indicators’ that are used to create healthy streets.
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Healthy Streets Everyday (HSE) – Putting the Approach in Practice
School StreetsUrban Greening Car Free Activities
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HSE Parklet Guidance
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What is a Parklet?
“A temporary pavement extension which would sit in existing parking bays”
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(Meristem Design)
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The Benefits
EconomicSocial Environmental
• Physical and mental health• Community• Visual and aesthetic• Upskilling• Reduction in crime &
antisocial behaviour
• Air quality• Temperature reduction and
shading• Carbon storage• Biodiversity• Food production
• Increased footfall and cycling• Increased dwell time• Increased productivity,
reduced staff turnover, and job creation
• Revenue growth
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Parklet Design & Implementation
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Basic Principles Tailored Design
Stakeholder Engagement Use of Space
Location Design Features
Components & Materials Planting
Accessibility Active Travel Provision
Safety Flexibility
Permissions Innovation
Funding/ Sponsorship
Maintenance
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Providing Resilience
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Parklets can rapidly adapt to changes in both the short and long term, providing additional value and ensuring community and business resilience.
(Meristem Design) (Meristem Design)
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Streets for All Londoners
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Other Useful Resources
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Questions?
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Final
observations
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Tomos JoyceProject OfficerCross River [email protected]
Susannah WilksDirectorCross River [email protected]
Fiona CoullProject ManagerCross River [email protected]
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