Why are Melbourne’s green spaces important?
Biodiversity Conservation strategy for Melbourne’s growth corridors.
Biodiversity Conservation strategy for Melbourne’s growth corridors.
Biodiversity Conservation strategy for MelBourne’s growth Corridors. (2013). https://www.msa.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/64787/Biodiversity-Conservation-Strategy-Jun-2013.pdf
Green spaces are great for wellbeing but is everyone able to access these?
Masterton, W. (2020, August 7). Parks and green spaces are important for our mental health – but we need to make sure that everyone can benefit. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/parks-and-green-spaces-are-important-for-our-mental-health-but-we-need-to-make-sure-that-everyone-can-benefit-142322
Metropolitan Open Space Network
Metropolitan Open Space Network Provision and Distribution. (2017). https://vpa.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Open-Space-Network-Provision-and-Distribution-Reduced-Size.pdf
Skye Haldane, Manager of Design at City of Melbourne shares her vision for the future of Melbourne's green spaces.
Public Record Office Victoria. (2019). Skye Haldane at Melbourne's Green Spaces [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIMuP3SuEmY
Melbourne's parks, as described in 1926
MELBOURNE PARKS AND GARDENS. - The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) - 22 May 1926. (2014). Trove; Trove. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141414117?searchTerm=Melbourne%20parks#
How Aboriginal perspectives can shape new landscapes
When it comes to strategies of environmental management in Australia, the voices and aspirations which have been largely missing, both historically and contemporaneously, are those of Australia’s First Peoples.
First Peoples view Country as kin to be looked after and actively loved. Australia’s First Peoples have been developing complex technologies, practicing aquaculture, making bread, farming and caring for Country for many millennia.
Read about it here.
How Aboriginal perspectives can shape new landscapes. (2020, March 19). The Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub. https://nespurban.edu.au/2020/03/19/how-aboriginal-perspectives-can-shape-new-landscapes/
Green Spaces Deliver Lasting Mental Health Benefits
Alcock, I. (2014). Green Spaces Deliver Lasting Mental Health Benefits [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMPpPAR_itM
Liang, A. (2013). Alice Liang: Green Space and Mental Health [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LleOCkHXCYE
Map of Melbourne's green wedges
Mount, M., Hepburn, A., & Moorabool, M. (2017). Map 19 Melbourne’s green wedges and peri-urban areas. Retrieved from https://libguides.mhs.vic.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=50654711
How do green spaces impact mental health and wellbeing?
Time spent in nature is good for us: physically, mentally and emotionally. Read a review of evidence about the impact of green spaces on mental health and wellbeing.
Nature for Health and Wellbeing: A review of the evidence. (2021). Retrieved from https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/media/ydgkcbk1/rbg260-nature-for-health-and-wellbeing-report-fa-r3-spreads.pdf
Open Trees interactive map
An interactive map to visualise a data set of trees in municipal street and park trees.
OpenTrees.org. (2022). Opentrees.org. http://opentrees.org/#pos=8/-37.81/144.96
CHOOSE A DATA SET
Metropolitan Open Space Network Provision and Distribution. (2017). https://vpa.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Open-Space-Network-Provision-and-Distribution-Reduced-Size.pdf
