Module 3
Planning to Create High-Performing Public and Green Spaces
Author: Scott T. Edmondson, AICP, ISSP-SA, Sr. Planner-Analyst & Growth Policy Analysis Modernization Lead, Data Analytics Group, Administration, San Francisco Planning, and Principal/Founder of Sustainability 2030 (www.sustainability2030.com)
Relevant UN Habitat Environmental Recommendations
From Section B3. Planning & Environment - Local Authorities, International Guidelines: Urban and Territorial Planning, 2017
(f) Create high-performing public and green spaces. Apply urban and territorial planning to identify, revitalize, protect, and produce high‑quality public and green spaces with special ecological or heritage value, integrating the contributions of the private sector and civil society organizations into such undertakings, and to avoid the creation of heat islands, protect the local biodiversity and support the creation of multifunctional public green spaces, such as wetlands for rainwater retention and absorption.
Relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals
11 Sustainable cities and communities
15 Life on land
Relevant EU Directive
Habitats
Associated Environmental Impacts of the War
Damage to urban infrastructure – housing, schools, hospitals, and businesses
Loss of green spaces and parks
Increased air and noise pollution
Displacement of millions of people