Built environment

Action area B8: Ensure public spaces support a low carbon, climate resilient Auckland and optimise multi-functional benefits

• Embed climate change  mitigation The action of reducing the severity, harm and seriousness of climate change through emissions reduction  and  adaptation Actions taken to help communities and ecosystems cope with changing climate condition (UNFCCC).  measures into all park plans for the region.
• Ensure public spaces meet the growing demands of a growing population and urban intensification by optimising spaces for multiple functions such as recreation, water management and   biodiversity The natural environment and encompasses native plants and animals (flora and fauna), ecology, natural heritage, ecological restoration and revegetation, landforms, geology.  enhancement.
• Prioritise the use of green infrastructure Natural and engineered ecological systems which integrate with the built environment to provide the widest possible range of ecological, community and infrastructure services.  for multiple benefits with a low carbon footprint and include lifecycle analysis in business cases.
• Install temporary  assets An item of value owned by a person or company.  to confirm community needs before any permanent infrastructure The structures, systems and facilities that support daily life such as water supply, roads and communications, including social infrastructure.  is built.
• Explore initiatives to reduce travel needs and adapt locations and scheduling for more local events such as sporting events.
• Use underused land for opportunities such as energy generation and  carbon sequestration The net removal, by natural or artificial processes, of carbon from the atmosphere, and storage in carbon sinks - plants, oceans, soils. .

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