PLAN300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Urban Heat Island, Urban Runoff, Automobile Dependency
15 Jan 2017
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Lecture 14: green infrastructure and intensification: seeking integrity (guest lec) Secondary environmental issues: lack of space for developing green infra. Increased urban runoff volumes: urban heat island effect. Multidisciplinary origins of the concept make it difficult to present a comprehensive definition. Green infra definition hard to give comprehensive def. Not all greens are green infra, and not all grays are not: transit network is green, private lawns need too much irrigation, conventional stormwater ponds are single purpose. Incorporating green infra in the context of intensification: resolving env issues, contributions to the goals of intensification, financial benefits, social value. Growth plan: urban growth centres, specific development and population targets, has vague env goals. Greenbelt plan, oak ridges conservation plan, niagara escarpment plan.
