The living city

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The green revolution

City greening explained

City greening involves the seamless integration and preservation of green spaces, green infrastructure, and nature into our urban environments.

These green spaces include buildings, remnant landscapes often rich in biodiversity, parks, gardens, streetscapes, freeways, carparks, development sites, urban forests, roof tops, green infrastructure in buildings, and the public realm.

Over half of the world’s population is now urbanised. They live in highly dense and compact cities, and often in apartments separated from natural systems, or on small lots with limited site permeability. Far removed from the natural systems and processes on which we depend to sustain us.

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Defining city greening and its value

City Greening involves the seamless integration and preservation of green spaces, green infrastructure, and nature into our urban environments.

How innovative green infrastructure is supercharging liveable, resilient cities

Addressing the significant challenges of climate change, population growth, and urban heating, requires an innovative approach to the delivery of green infrastructure. Realising the benefits of green infrastructure through incremental change at all scales will engender more equitable, liveable, and resilient cities for us all to enjoy for generations to come.

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Site planning considerations for city greening

City Greening is essential for urban development and addresses environmental, social, and economic challenges in emerging and growing urban areas.

Construction detailing for green infrastructure

The success of green infrastructure elements relies on careful construction detailing, ensuring the efficient integration of features like green roofs, permeable pavements, and rain gardens into our urban environments.