Projects

Universal urban forest data

Improved data collection methodology

Lead

Greener Spaces Better Places

Working Group membership

Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning; Hume City; City of Monash; Banyule City; Moonee Valley City Council; Greater Western Water; Port Phillip City; Melbourne University

Objective

Develop a standard for urban forest data capture to maximise useability and usefulness.

Progress

The working group is reviewing the original scope to ensure that the initiative provides the maximum benefit to urban forest managers.

Next Steps

Determine the parameters of the initiative and agree a sound process

More Projects

Value analysis of urban greening

A common understanding of the full range of values and benefits provided by green infrastructure

Eastern region habitat connectivity planning

Planning for cross-municipality, regional habitat connectivity

Priority Urban Greening Analysis

Identify and cost priority urban greening opportunities

Movement and Place Guide to Urban Roads and Streets

As part of Movement and Place in Victoria, the Department of Transport is developing a suite of road and street guides to plan and design our urban vision.

Growing Carbon

Explore options to operationalise ‘Biodiversity Connections for Carbon-Neutrality’ across metropolitan Melbourne.

Future Water Demand Models to Grow our Urban Forest

Develop urban forest and climate scenarios to determine future water demands, with the view to exploring climate resilience water supply options.