Integrating Surface Water Management Planning & Green Infrastructure to help deliver multiple benefits in Glasgow Gaye McKay & Laura MacDonald Glasgow City Council Development and Regeneration Services
Introduction Development and Regeneration Services
SWMPs in Glasgow: Hillington/Cardonald Fullarton Avenue High Knightswood/ Benefitting People Netherton Eastern Springburn Deliver £2.2 Lever in an Darnley Mains billion in estimated additional Drumchapel £3.3 billion of Gross Value private sector Cardowan/Cockenzie Street Added per investment annum Overwood Drive/Aikenhead Road Kings Park Croftfoot City Garrowhill Glasgow City Centre Deal Support over 5,500 people Benefitting into sustained Communities work. + Benefitting 29,000 jobs Businesses Development and Regeneration Services
What? Who? Why? Development and Regeneration Services
The strategic aims of green infrastructure To improve the To provide increased To address inequality quality, accessibility and better by creating new and quantity of green opportunities for green space, and infrastructure in people to improve improve existing sites Scotland’s towns and their health and well- for communities in cities being; areas of multiple deprivation and/or for communities living close to vacant and derelict land Development and Regeneration Services
Masterplanning at a Catchment Scale • Best Value for Money • What can be achieved? • Where can funding be found? • Limitless opportunities Development and Regeneration Services
Collaboration & Funding Working with Development Control and applying guidance Working with Strategic Planners Working with Parks Working with Ecologists Working with Roads Revenue & Capital Funding Development and Regeneration Services
Halfway Community Park (Moss Heights) Cardonald Development and Regeneration Services
Halfway Community Park Development and Regeneration Services
Cranhill Park Development and Regeneration Services
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Community Consultation Development and Regeneration Services
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Discussion • Based upon you own experiences, what do you consider the potential barriers to the introduction of blue/green infrastructure and how can these obstacles be overcome? • In the examples provided Glasgow City Council collaborated with numerous organisations to help deliver multiple benefits. What do consider are the advantages of this approach? How can we encourage others to adopt a similar approach? Development and Regeneration Services
Advantages of a collaborative approach Development and Regeneration Services
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