Assessing the Green and Open Spaces of the City of Melbourne Presented by Mr. Tuan Tran Anh, Ms. Pamela Gloria Cajilig, and Ms. Zahra Zafira Mutiara 2018 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme 12-16 November, 2018

1. Assessing the
Green and Open
Spaces of the City
of Melbourne
ProSPER.net Leadership Programme 2018 for Urban Sustainable Development
Zahra Mutiara
Pamela Gloria Cajilig
Tran Anh Tuan

2. Reporting Framework
Recap of 11.7 Targets and Indicators
Melbourne’s performance on SDG 11.7
Gap Analysis
Recommendations

3. SDG 11.7
• By 2030 provide universal access to safe,
inclusive and accessible green and public
spaces, in particular for women and children,
older persons, and persons with disabilities
• Indicator:
• Average share of built-up area of cities
that is open space for public use for all,
by sex, age and persons with disabilities
• Proportion of persons victim of physical
or sexual harrasment by sex, age,
disability status and place of occurrence
in the previous 12 months

4. KEY POPULATION FIGURES
FOR MELBOURNE

5. DISABILITY
Physical disability accounts for the greatest
percentage of disability in Melbourne
HOMELESSNESS
Approximately 1232 people are experiencing
homelessness in Melbourne according to the
ABS Census data for 2011.
The City of Melbourne Street Count 2014
found approximately 140 people sleeping
rough on the night of the count.
YOUTH
Young people and young adults aged
15–29 years make up the largest proportion
of the residential population in the City of
Melbourne, at over 40 per cent, with
increasing numbers of local and
international students in the city (Eagleson
Data Group 2013).
City of Melbourne has a current resident population of about 110,000 and
this is expected to almost double to around 212,000 over the next 25 years.

6. GAP ANALYSIS

7. But first….
Revisiting SDG 11.7 Indicators
Need to strengthen the function of green and public spaces
as an urban ecology hotspot

8. Gap Analysis
• Access
Unequal distribution of green and open spaces in the City of Melbourne
• Biodiversity
Limited species and distribution that lead to poor ecosystem in the urban
area
• Public Engagement
Little data/not many government-led initiatives on engaging people to come
to green and public spaces

9. Access: Unequal access to
green and public spaces
• Based on:
• Walking distance
• Availability of the existing open and green space
• Potential of building green rooftops
Image Credit: Open Space Strategy: Planning for
Future Growth – City of Melbourne

10. Access:
Unequal
potential to
develop green
rooftops
Image Credit: Greening Our City Strategy Action
Plan (The City of Melbourne)

11. Biodiversity: Low Diversity of The Species in
the City of Melbourne
Limited Species of Urban Trees
• 3 species of Urban Trees of
60,000 Council Trees of 22%
canopy cover
• Plane
• Elm
• Red river gum
Unequal Distribution of the Species
• 239 species of birds
• 160 of them found in
• Royal Park
• Domain Parklands
• Westgate Park

12. Public Engagement:
Strong for safe cities advocacy, but little data
to understand citizen attitude towards green
and public spaces to base the advocacies

13. There are well-publicised safe city initiatives for women and girls

14. RECOMMENDATIONS

15. Biodiversity Policy
Recomnendations
The City of Melbourne should aim for a more
ecologically connected city, by:
• Establishing baselines on species and
their habitats across the city
• Mandating that future buildings adopt
green infrastructure that create
corridors for species to live

16. Sydney:
Wheelchair Basketball
for the Youth
NSW partnership with City of Sydney
Council and Ability Links to host a
Youth Week Celebration, inviting other
youth from the community to try out
our inclusive sports.

17. Southern Cross Station:
Public Space
for the Visually Impaired
“That’s what makes an innovative
project at the city’s Southern Cross
train station so important to him. A
new “beacon navigation system”
sends audio cues to users via their
smartphones, providing directions,
flagging escalator outages and
otherwise transforming what
previously a “no-go” area for
Meere.”
Photo credit: ymgerman

18. Washington National
Parks:
Baby Care Lounge
• A friendlier place for nursing mothers with the
opening of a breast-feeding lounge, a private place
where moms can feed their babies without missing an
inning.
• The Washington Nationals created the room with the
help the private sector
• It is a “quiet and cool retreat” that will include
comfortable chairs, a play area for toddlers, diaper-
changing stations and televisions for mothers to
watch the game, according to a news release.
Photo credit: Australian Breastfeeding
Association Bendigo Group

19. Australian
Breastfeeding
Association

20. Park Guidelines for the
Inclusion of Older Adults
• Improve control
• Offer greater choice
• Create a Sense of Security
• Accessibility
• Social support
• Physical activity
• Privacy
• Nature
Photo credit: City of Melbourne
Victorian Seniors Festival

21. Photo credit: B+H Architects

22. Sources
• https://dirt.asla.org/2015/05/06/what-do-seniors-need-in-parks/
• https://wsnsw.org.au/junior-wheelies-winter-2018/
• https://www.google.com.au/search?q=greening+our+city+strategic+action
+plan+melbourne&rlz=1C5CHFA_enPH565PH565&oq=greening+our+city+s
trategic+action+plan+melbourne&aqs=chrome..69i57.9700j0j7&sourceid=
chrome&ie=UTF-8
• http://www.bendigobreastfeeding.websyte.com.au/
• Open Space Strategy: Planning for Future Growth – City of Melbourne
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/melbourne-
for-all-people.pdf