Best Practice Green Urban Infrastructure CPD Training Course

Best Practice Green Urban Infrastructure

This course shares best practice examples for green and blue urban infrastructure drawn from the speaker presentations at Where Shade Hits the Pavement, an industry Summit, held in Brisbane in March 2024.

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Course curriculum

1. How to use this course
2. Before we begin...
1. Opening Address: Cr Tracy Davis, Civic Cabinet Chair for Environment, Parks & Sustainability and Councillor, McDowall Ward, Brisbane City Council
1. Presenter: Prof Michelle Leishman "Which Plant Where - a practical tool for future proofing urban landscape projects with climate appropriate plant species"
1. Presenter: Gareth Loveridge "Finding Spaces For Urban Trees"
1. Presenter: Paul Hardyman "How to Make Great Streets"
1. Presenter: Tony Cox "What Is The Reality Of An Urban Forest?"
1. Q&A Panel Discussion. Featuring Professor Michelle Leishman, Gareth Loveridge, Paul Hardyman and Tony Cox, moderated by Belinda Bean
1. Presenter: Lyndal Plant "Canopy Cover Targets – Powerful Drivers For Investment In Greener Cities"
1. Presenter: Simon Leake "Soil Recommendations for Tree Vault Design"
1. Presenter: Dr Christopher Walker "An engineering solution to integrating the ‘blue’ and the ‘green’ for street tree health and stormwater treatment"
1. Q&A Panel Discussion featuring Dr Lyndal Plant, Simon Leake and Dr Christopher Walker, moderated by Belinda Bean
1. Presenter: Dr Ruby Michael "Rebuilding Flourishing Ecosystems into the Urban Environment"
1. Presenter: Dr Nicole Sleeman "Designing Communities For Health In A Changing Climate"
1. Presenter: Thomas Gooch "Get Easy Access to Greening Data, Insights & Actions"
1. Q&A Panel Discussion. Featuring Dr Ruby Michael, Dr Nicole Sleeman and Thomas Gooch, moderated by Belinda Bean
1. Presenter: Belinda Green "Greening Australia - Standards & Recognition for Urban Green Infrastructure"
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18 lessons
5.5 hours of video content

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Best Practice Green Urban Infrastructure

Course curriculum

Welcome to the course!

Opening Address

Which Plant Where? How to Get it Right.

Finding Spaces for Urban Trees - An Urban Designer Perspective

What Makes Great Streets - A Landscape Architect Perspective

What is the Reality of an Urban Forest? Darwin as a Case Study.

Q&A Panel Discussion 1

Canopy Cover Targets - An Urban Forester Perspective

Everything You Didn't Know About Soil, But Should

Integrating the Green and the Blue - An Engineering Perspective

Q&A Panel Discussion 2

Beyond Trees - Designing for Ecosystems in the Urban Environment

Designing for Health - An M.D. Perspective

How to Measure and Manage City Greening

Q&A Panel Discussion 3

The Australian Standard for UGI

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About this course

Access expertise from 11 industry thought leaders