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Multi Functional Green Space Planning For Healthier Habitats and Communities: A Systems Approach

This document discusses green space planning in Montgomery County, Maryland. It provides an overview of the county's history of green space planning from the 1964 General Plan to present day challenges. These challenges include declining habitat quality and water quality due to development, climate change impacts, and fewer opportunities for greenfield development. The presentation emphasizes taking a systems approach to planning and addresses emerging tools like new regulations, public-private partnerships, data and science.

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Multi Functional Green Space Planning For Healthier Habitats and Communities: A Systems Approach

This document discusses green space planning in Montgomery County, Maryland. It provides an overview of the county's history of green space planning from the 1964 General Plan to present day challenges. These challenges include declining habitat quality and water quality due to development, climate change impacts, and fewer opportunities for greenfield development. The presentation emphasizes taking a systems approach to planning and addresses emerging tools like new regulations, public-private partnerships, data and science.

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PublicPrivatePartnerships/DEPRainScapes RewardsProgram
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GreenRoofsand
GreenWalls
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Revisioning
Cities
Seattle,Washington
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TheBlairs
DowntownSilver
Spring
BiggerPictureView
HealthyEcosystem/Environment
Environmental
HealthyWaterandAir,Habitat
Social
ConnectiontoNature
HealthandExercise
Economic
AttractWorkforcetoLiveinCounty
SupportsEconomy
LocalPlanning
SustainabilityinUrbanizingCenters
Social
CommunityBuilding
ConnectiontoNature
Health&Exercise
Economic
AttractPeopletoGreener,
MoreCompactTOD
Environmental
CleanerAir
UrbanWildlife
Sustainability RelationshipBetweenLocalPlanning andLargerScales
OptimizingBenefitsatMultipleScales
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LifeSciencesCenter:Community
FacilitiesandOpenSpaceNetwork
GreatSenecaScienceCorridorMasterPlan
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CCTTransitPlazas LinearParks
PublicUseSpace
StreamValleyBuffers
allowactiveorpassive
Recreation
bevisibleandusable
haveastrongrelationshipto
adjacentarchitectureandopen
spacenetworks
avoidcreatingbarriersbetween
buildingsandpublicstreets
Minimizetheimpactofnew
developmentonstream
Valleys
Minimizeimpervioussurfaces
byusingperviouspathsor
raisedboardwalks
Restoreandenhancenatural
settings,nativeplantspecies,
andindigenousecosystems
bufferareasbetweennew
developmentandneighboring
communitiesorbusy
Roadways
createurbangreenspace
runningthelengthofoneor
moreblocks.
beintegratedwiththestation
Platform
balancegreenareaandhard
surfaces
LifeSciencesCenter(LSC)NetworkElements
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CCTRightof
Way
OnRoadLSC
Loop
OffRoadTrails
TheLSCLoop
Purpose
Createaprimaryrecreationalfeaturethat
connectsthedistricts,destinations,andopen
spacesthroughoutthearea
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LSCLoopPublicPrivatePartnerships
PublicAgencies
MNCPPC,MCDOT,MCDGS,MDTransitAuthority
Private(MajorLandowners)
JohnsHopkinsUniversity
ShadyGroveAdventistHealthCenter
AlexandriaRealEstateEquities
ApplicationforaWMCOGGranthasbeenmadetosupport
developingaconsistentpolicyapproachtoguide:
Contributionsandparticipationofprivateandpublic
partners
Coordinatethedifferentsectionsofthetrail
Consistent,recognizabletraildesign
Accommodatewalkers,runners,andbicycles
ContributetotheLSCssenseofplace
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TreeCanopyCover
TakomaLangleyCrossroadsSectorPlan
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Greenstreettreatmentsoncommercialstreets
Greenstreettreatmentsforresidentialstreets
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LookingAhead
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NeedaTooltoSupplementIBIsthat:
Measuresdegreeoffragility/sensitivity
Measuresriskoffurtherdegradationaswellaspotential
forimprovementprioritizeefforts
IndicateswhensitesareincreasinglyatriskbutIBIsaysare
stillgood
Providesaneffectivemeanstocommunicatebiological
conditionstoresourcemanagersandthepublic
BiologicalConditionGradient:BenthicMacroinvertebrates
IncreasingLevelofStress
Evident (e.g. measurable) changes in structure,
minimal changes in function
Minimal changes in both structure and function
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changes in function
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Natural structural, functional, and taxonomic integrity is preserved
King Spring (LSTM110)
TMC (LSTM303B)
TMC (LSTM304)
Upper Sligo (SCSC301) & Breewood Trib (SCBT101)
TMC Upper (LSTM202)
Hoyt Cr (LRLR201)
<3% 15% 3045% 4563%
7%
ImperviousCover
= Piedmont Sentinel Sites
Turkey Br (LRTB203C)
Bennett Cr (BCBC211)
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FragmentedForest
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EffectsofForestFragmentation
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CreatingaGreenNetworkMap:
DesignPrinciples
ConservationBiology
LandscapeEcology
Better Worse
Larger vs. smaller Larger vs. smaller
BetterWorse
Connections are better Connections are better
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GreenNetworkConceptualModel
Core
Core
Core
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Core
Hub Hub
Hub Hub
Hub Hub
Corridors link hubs and allow
animal, water, seed and pollen
movement between hubs
Gaps
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StateGreen
Infrastructure
Assessment
LPPR
Plan
Water
Resources
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Legacy
Open
Space
FMP
Agriculture
andRural
OpenSpace
MasterPlan
Forest
Preservation
Strategy
General
Plan
Refinement
Green
NetworkMap
Forest
Conservation
Regulationsand
Environmental
Guidelines
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GreenNetworkMapObjectives
HelpcoordinatetheCountysenvironmentalpoliciesrelating
togreenspaceplanning
Prioritizereforestationandhabitatenhancementforoptimal
benefits
Createanetworkofsignificantnaturalresourcesand
developpoliciestoenhance,restoreandprotectit
Supportqualityofplace,qualityoflifeandqualityof
environment
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DraftGreenNetwork
Map
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PublicLandwithin
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The
Watershed
Continuum
Approach
Urban
Ecosystems
K.Belt,et.al,
2013
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Forests
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Forest
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Vision: createadistrictthatisfinancially,socially,and
ecologicallysustainable.
RoadmaptoSustainability
Goal:Reducedevelopmentimpactswithout reducingdevelopment
Aneighborhood,orredevelopmentarea,committedto
advancingsustainabilitythroughgreenbuilding,smart
infrastructureandbehavior.
Providesaframeworkforpeopletocometogethertosetgoals,
defineprojects,engageincollaborativeefforts,
andraisethebarforsustainablepractices.
TheEcoDistrictConcept
Materials
8PerformanceAreas
Performance
Areas
=
Equitable
Development
Community
Identity
Health&
Wellbeing
Habitat&
Ecosystems
Water
Access&
Mobility
Energy
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EcoDistrictGoalsandObjectives
EnhanceWaterQuality
Increasedandmorediversevegetation
Habitatconnections
NatureUrbanfriendlydevelopment
HabitatandEcosystem
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EcoDistrictImplementation
Greenstormwater retrofits/ESD
Decreaseimperviouscover
Treecanopy/vegetationenhancement
Connectinghabitats
GreenStreets
GreenRoofs
Restore/enhanceexistingnaturalareas
Urbanagriculture
HabitatandEcosystem
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67%IMPERVIOUSCOVER
Thetotalimperviouscoverisnearly67percent
overall. Ofthat,38percentispavements
associatedwithroadsandparkinglots.
TAKEAWAY:
Withincreasingimperviouscover:lossof
habitat,biodiversity,naturalfunctions,more
streamerosion,andlowerwaterquality.
ReducingimperviouscoverinBethesdawill
improvewaterquality.
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ImperviousCover:67%
BethesdaDowntownSectorPlan
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StormwaterFlow
Coquelin Run
Tributary
BethesdaMainstem
Tributary
WillettBranch
Tributary
Legend
DischargePoint
DrainageDivides
StormwaterFlow
ReceivingStreams
InBethesda,LittleFallswatershedwas
ratedaspoorquality.TheRockCreek
Watershedwasratedfairoverall.
Theseconditionsoccurmostoftenin
placeswithdevelopmentstressors.
TAKEAWAY:
Protectingandimprovingthewater
qualityandbiologicalhealthof
MontgomeryCountysstreamsare
importantlocalandregionalplanning
objectives.
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RockCreekWatershed
FairWaterQuality
LittleFallsWatershed
PoorWaterQuality
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DrainsintoCoquelin Run
DrainsintoBethesdaMainstem
STORMDRAINAGE
Stormwaterinletscollectrunoffand
contaminantsfromimpervioussurfaces
whereitstransportedtothereceiving
streams.
TAKEAWAY:
UsingEnvironmentalSiteDesign(ESD)
stormwater retrofitsthatmimicthenatural
hydrologywillsignificantlyimprovewater
qualitybyreducingwaterandpollutants
dischargestoreceivingstreams.
Drainsinto
WillettBranch
Stormwater
Treatment(ESD)
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24%TREECANOPYCOVER
ThetreecanopycoverinBethesda
Downtowncovers~24percentof
thestudyarea.Yetinthe
commercialareas,treecover
representslessthan3.6percent.
TAKEAWAY:
Increasingtreecanopycoverwill
providemultipleenvironmental,
health,energy,andeconomic
benefits.
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TreeCanopyCover:
CommercialProperties:
ResidentialProperties:
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Elements
(structures)
Scales
(levels)
Functions
(processes)
ASystemsBasedApproach
SYSTEM
The
Possibilities
areEndless.
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MarkA.Symborski
EnvironmentalPlannerCoordinator
MontgomeryCountyPlanningDepartment
8787GeorgiaAvenue
SilverSpring,Maryland20910
3014954636
3014951303(Fax)
[email protected]
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