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Green Growth: Enhancing Quality Landscapes Through Effective Policy and Planning

This presentation by Dr. Sidney Sullivan focuses on green growth and landscape management within the context of UK policy and planning. It examines the significant role of parks, which account for approximately 12% of the UK's land mass, employing over 93,000 people and attracting millions of visitors annually. The discussion emphasizes the importance of strategic partnerships, local engagement, and evidence-based practices for sustainable development. It advocates for a collaborative approach to overcome economic and societal challenges and envisions a future rich in green initiatives and community involvement.

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Green Growth: Enhancing Quality Landscapes Through Effective Policy and Planning

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  1. Good Afternoon Dr Sidney Sullivan SGS Environmental & Management Consultancy England

  2. Policy and Planning – An external view Green Growth: New Shoots10th May 2012

  3. Delivering Quality Landscapes & ‘Place’ The Policy & Planning Context within a Political Economy

  4. The Art of Socio Landscape Management

  5. Overview of the UK Sector • Parks, Approx 12% of the • UK’s land mass • More than 300 Parks Services • More than 32,000 Parks and • Open Spaces • Budget £640,000,000m - 3/4 of • a billion £s pa • The multiplier • 93,000 employees in UK • RSLs, manage approx 3% of • UK’s land mass • 8.5 million residents • Visitor numbers • Parks 3 billion per annum • RSLs, 17m people per • day, 119m per week!

  6. People, not Customers . . .

  7. It is a juggling act

  8. Overview of Approach • Coordination of Strategic & Operational practice! • The Journey is as important as the destination • Engagement • Local Variations • Peer Reviewed Research • Joint Advocacy & Marketing • Quality Assure Partnerships/Alliances

  9. Economic and Societal Value • Make it Visible? • People • multi-cultural • values and norms • Require a • strong • engagement • ethos • Life-Style & • ‘Place’

  10. Partnerships & Alliances

  11. The Challenge To be ‘smart’ “Be wary of partners who are more interested in extracting your resources than in building your capacity” Hillary Clinton, Financial Times 1 December 2011

  12. The Essence of ‘Green Shoots’

  13. Economic and Social Challenges • The power of • ‘volunteerism’ • Joint advocacy will • displace a single channel • professional ‘voice’ • Discussion not referenda • Shorter product and practice ‘life cycles’ • CLERE Model (Barber, 2005) • No perfect knowledge

  14. Strategy into Practice Evidenced Supported Practice “Capacity Building” A Culture of Continuous Improvement Affordable Outcomes How we can improve the current policy framework for place-keeping?

  15. Imagine a new ‘Green Shoots Future’ . . . Thank you . . . Le Prophète

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