1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
- Provide an evidence base on the quantity of green space provision in each of the areas.
- Investigate and provide evidence base for the quality and value of these areas to identify priority green spaces.
- Form the basis to identify possible correlations between health issues and access to green spaces
- Identify deficient areas based on agreed quantity standards
- Establish and agree on quantity standards and accessibility isochrones (buffers) for each relevant green space category
- Identify and update all green space, sport and recreational facilities
- Create a new open space policy layer for the Local Development Framework Proposals Map in GIS.
- Create a GIS map layer showing the accessibility buffers (all Ref 1).
- Investigate and provide evidence base for the quality and value of these areas to identify priority green spaces.
- Form the basis to identify possible correlations between health issues and access to green spaces
- Identify deficient areas based on agreed quantity standards
- Establish and agree on quantity standards and accessibility isochrones (buffers) for each relevant green space category
- Identify and update all green space, sport and recreational facilities
- Create a new open space policy layer for the Local Development Framework Proposals Map in GIS.
- Create a GIS map layer showing the accessibility buffers (all Ref 1).
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Quantity of green space (ha) per 1000 citizens within the respective community cluster.
Average distance to travel to open area within the respective community cluster (km).
Quality indicators are lacking. (Reference: Green Space Audit part 1)
Average distance to travel to open area within the respective community cluster (km).
Quality indicators are lacking. (Reference: Green Space Audit part 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
- Part 1 provides a comprehensive overview of the current quantity of provision of green spaces. This part is completed.
- Part 2 investigates the quality and the value of the green spaces.
- Provide a GIS map database of all green spaces in the borough, including an up-to-date a breakdown of site information by name, area (Ha), play facilities (MUGA, skate park, play area) if present, and additional site notes if required. They are organised based on a typology (e.g. green corridor, fish pond, woodland). (Reference: Green Space Audit part 1)
- Part 2 investigates the quality and the value of the green spaces.
- Provide a GIS map database of all green spaces in the borough, including an up-to-date a breakdown of site information by name, area (Ha), play facilities (MUGA, skate park, play area) if present, and additional site notes if required. They are organised based on a typology (e.g. green corridor, fish pond, woodland). (Reference: Green Space Audit part 1)
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
In 2001 the council carried out its first comprehensive green space audit, which was then updated in 2007. The audit discussed here had addressed the anomalies identified in the 2007 audit. It differs fundamentally from the previous audits: Instead of providing information on open area per ward (is the unit of English electoral geography), the current audit provides information on open area per community (88 in total) as they were identified by the "Doncaster Together" local strategic partnership. Thus another way of community clustering was used (Ref 1)
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
