Culver City Parks Task 8.1 Final Plan - Flipbook - Page 77
GOAL 2
INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY AND
CLIMATE RESILIENCY INTO PARKS
MANAGEMENT, DESIGN, AND
CONSTRUCTION.
Rationale
Relationship to the General Plan
Parks serve as opportunity areas to enhance a
community’s climate resilience through sustainable
features and design. California is experiencing more
extreme droughts and flooding that are impacting
how jurisdictions manage assets and infrastructure,
including park facilities. Incorporating sustainable
features, such as efficient water demand
management strategies, stormwater capture for
improved receiving water quality and local water
supply reliability, energy efficiency features, and
native vegetation, are all ways that park properties
can promote a more climate resilient future.
Similarly, the natural landscape of parks can help
reduce impacts such as the urban heat island effect,
by incorporating more trees, vegetation and other
cooling features to benefit communities. There are
also opportunities to utilize park space to educate
the public on the nexus between the built and
natural environments and how we can all do our
part to contribute to a more climate resilient future.
The City’s General Plan 2045 sets goals to achieve
sustainable mindset throughout city spaces
including parks. This includes striving for holistic
water management strategies to integrate
stormwater, water reuse and conservation as well
as implement low impact development (LID) and
green infrastructure through economically justified
and attainable pathways for a robust infrastructure
network. Park spaces include opportunities to
incorporate and implement this goal.
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