Chapter 6 I Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity
6.9 Tables 6.3 and 6.4 set out a brief description of each opportunity, with further details provided in the Cork City Green and Blue Infrastructure Study 2021. The regional and metropolitan scale green and blue infrastructure opportunities listed (Table 6.3) are predominantly non-spatial – thematic or interpretive. Many of the city scale green and blue infrastructure
opportunities (Table 6.4) are more area-specific and indicatively represented in “Figure 14.3 City Scale GBI Opportunities for Cork City” taken from the Cork City Green and Blue Infrastructure Study 2021 and included below. All opportunities listed require further assessment and input from multiple stakeholders, including funding and other resources.
‘Resilient Spaces’
Update and Review of the Cork City Landscape Characterisation Strategy
Reinstatement of the weir and canal system at Ballincollig Regional Park
City Docks and Tivoli Docks Urban Drainage Strategies
Cork City Tree Planting and Management Strategy
Decarbonising Zone Pilot Project
Glen Valley Park Project
Vernon Mount Park Project
‘Healthy Spaces’
Activate Greening Projects in Cork City Centre
City Docks and Tivoli Docks Urban Drainage Strategies
‘Wilder Spaces’
Ecology, Biodiversity and Natural Heritage Data Project for Cork City
Cork City Rewilding, Rewetting and Reforestation Projects
Activating Blue Corridors in Cork City
Glenamought River Valley Park
‘Destination Spaces’
Scoping and Options Assessment for a GBI Tourist Attraction in Cork City
New City Parks in the North East and North West of the City
Promotion of Cork City as a destination for water-based recreation
Lee to Sea Greenway Biodiversity and Greening Plan
Maritime Activities and Recreation Hub
Figure 6.3: GBI opportunities and interventions in Cork City.
Regional and Metropolitan Scale Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities Support the delivery of an Integrated Water Quality Plan for river catchments in Cork Metropolitan Area that assesses intensification of human activity and associated degradation of habitats and provides land use planning recommendations. 1. Cork Metropolitan Area Water Quality Plan
2. Ecosystems Service Guide to enhance GBI Based Placemaking in the Southern Region
Be an active stakeholder in the delivery of An Ecosystems Service Guide to enhance GBI based Placemaking in the Southern Region including best practice initiatives and potential GBI projects in the region. Be an active stakeholder in the delivery of a ‘toolkit’ for the implementation of GBI interventions to act as a checklist for proposed development and standards for delivering NBS across the region.
3. Guide for Implementing Nature Based Solutions in the Southern Region
Table 6.3: Regional & Metropolitan Scale Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities.
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