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Content
What is a Community of Parks? Strategic planning Background Challenges Enhancement of the natural and built landscape Arts, culture and heritage Environmental best practices Community participation and empowerment Healthy lifestyles

Community Needs

Protection & Development of Environment

Healthy Communities Sustainable Natural Environment

Heritage

Link communities

Environmental Education Economic Vitality Social cohesion

What is a Community of Parks?

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STRATEGIC INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING VISION ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR VISION

COJ VISION

CITY PARKS VISION

OPEN SPACE MASTERPLAN

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT 2040 STRATEGY

MAYORAL PRIORITIES GDS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. PROACTIVE ABSORPTION OF THE POOR BALANCED & SHARED GROWTH FACILITATED SOCIAL MOBILITY INNOVATIVE GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SETTLEMENT RE-STRUCTURING

CITY PARKS STRATEGY

INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN

2012
ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR PLAN
Preserve citys urban forest Enhance ecological systems Retain & conserve citys open space network Preserve sensitive habitats and biodiversity

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

CITY MANAGERS SCORECARD

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Driver Thrust
What we aim to achieve?

Impacts
What we wish to achieve?

Manage towards achieving results

Outcomes

What we produce or deliver?

Outputs

What we do?

Activities
What we use to do the work?

Plan, budget, implement

Inputs

City of Johannesburg planning for sustainability

Growth & Development Strategy 2040

Job Creation

Social Cohesion & Community involvement

Open Space Management

Strategy into reality by action plans and process review

Heritage Management

Broader Development Strategy

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Enhancement of natural and built landscape

Parks bisect Klipriver & Soweto Polluted wetlands Population Density 2 million

Catchment Status Challenges

Mine Dumps & Seepage Flood line Encroachment

Illegal Dumping Soil erosion & bank stability

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Influential Design Elements

Nature conservation & biodiversity Economical & social development History, Culture, Art, Heritage

Education & Recreation Community empowerment

Sustainable natural resources
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Enhancement of natural and built landscape

Rehabilitation - Wetland - Mining, mine dumps, dust, silt, development, urban agriculture

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Pennyville Park

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Pennyville Park

Before
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Pennyville Park

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Pennyville Park

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Orlando West Park

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Orlando West Park

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Orlando West Park

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Orlando West Park

After

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Vlakfontein Medicinal Park

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Vlakfontein Medicinal Park

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Vlakfontein Medicinal Park

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Vlakfontein Medicinal Park

After

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Clove Park

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Clove Park

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Clove Park

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Clove Park
After

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Arts, Culture & Heritage Soweto History (South Western Township)

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Natural heritage Preservation & protection State of the environment

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Art Park Art

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Bridge Freedom movement

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Arts, Culture & Heritage

Enoch Sontonga Nkosi Sikele iAfrica Mahatma Gandhi 1976 uprising

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Environmental Best Practices

Design
Ecological Social Economical

Environmentally Sensitive Practices

Reduction of greenhouse gases

Consumption of natural resources

Solar Power

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Community participation and empowerment

EPWP 7500 jobs created Skills, SMMEs Residents involvement

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Healthy Lifestyles
Quality time Play, sport, fitness, walking, running tracks, green leisure Community & school programmes Low & no cost Parks for people Medicinal parks, re-forestation Food & fruit gardens Green outdoor gyms
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
E.O. Wilson

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Thank You
Johannesburg City Parks www.jhbcityparks.com jcp@jhbcityparks.com +27 11 712 6600 @JoburgParks

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