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Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking

npj Urban Sustainability, 2022-12, Vol.2 (1), p.1-13, Article 27 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Finding space for nature in cities: the considerable potential of redundant car parking
Author: Croeser, Thami ; Garrard, Georgia E. ; Visintin, Casey ; Kirk, Holly ; Ossola, Alessandro ; Furlong, Casey ; Clements, Rebecca ; Butt, Andrew ; Taylor, Elizabeth ; Bekessy, Sarah A.
Subjects: Biodiversity ; Biodiversity loss ; Central business districts ; Cities ; Climate change ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Floods ; Garages ; Land use ; Pandemics ; Parking ; Political conventions ; Public spaces ; Stormwater ; Sustainability ; Urban areas
Is Part Of: npj Urban Sustainability, 2022-12, Vol.2 (1), p.1-13, Article 27
Description: Abstract Nature-based solutions (NBS) are recognised as a means to address challenges such as heatwaves, flooding and biodiversity loss. Delivering these benefits at scale will require large areas of scarce urban land to be converted into green space. Here we show an approach by which cities can make substantial progress towards their sustainability targets using NBS, by converting redundant street parking into biodiverse green space. We demonstrate that up to half of street parking in our case study municipality (The City of Melbourne) could be accommodated in garages within 200 m, freeing up large areas for greening. Our modelling projects significant benefits in terms of tree canopy over, stormwater and ecological connectivity. These would represent strong progress towards a number of the city’s ambitious NBS targets. As many cities allocate extensive areas to both street parking and off-street garages, this approach to freeing up space for nature in cities is widely applicable.
Publisher: Stockholm: Springer Nature B.V
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 2661-8001
EISSN: 2661-8001
DOI: 10.1038/s42949-022-00073-x
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