[CANUFNET] Shade policy including trees ( and or structures)

[Rike Burkhardt]

Hello: 
 
Toronto has a few things:
Toronto Public Health Shade Policy makes the link between need for
natural or constructed shade environments for cancer prevention (they
are also more recently working on heat vulnerability and making links
there as well)
Parks, Forestry and Recreation has Shade Policy Provision Guidelines
Also - the new Toronto Green Standard for building makes reference to
healthy pedestrian environments and has provisions for shade, including
requirements for tree cover.
Below a link to a staff report that provides more background and links
to the above.
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2007/hl/bgrd/backgroundfile-6600.pdf

 
Hope that helps,
 
 
 
Rike Burkhardt, Planner
Urban Forestry
18 Dyas Road, 1st Floor
Toronto, ON M3B 1V5

Tel: 416-392-7305
Fax:416-392-1915


>>> <JMCNEIL at oakville.ca> 5/13/2010 2:18 PM >>>
Oakville Town Council approved a new Official Plan in 2009 called
Livable Oakville. 

Part C, Section 10.1.1(f) states: 

f) to progressively increase the urban forest to achieve a canopy cover
of 40% 
Town-wide beyond the life of this Plan. 

Hope this helps. 



John McNeil, MBA, Registered Professional Forester, Certified
Arborist/Municipal Specialist
Manager of Forestry Services
Parks & Open Space Department
jmcneil at oakville.ca

” Urban Forestry is the Front Line of Defence against Global Climate
Change ” 
Central Operations
1140 South Service Road West
Oakville, Ontario, L6L 5T7 
Tel. (905) 845-6601, Ext: 3395 

Mailing Address:
Town of Oakville 
P.O. Box 310, 1225 Trafalgar Road
Oakville, Ontario, L6J 5A6 
http://www.oakville.ca/


 



From: "Rhea Dawn Mahar" <maharrd at gov.ns.ca> To: <canufnet at list.web.net>
Date: 05/12/2010 06:48 PM Subject: [CANUFNET] Shade policy including
trees (  and or structures)




Good day:

We have established a provincial committee here in Nova Scotia to raise
awareness and perhaps link the need-for-shade- issue to local by-laws or
policy etc. where appropriate.  Do you have any knowledge of municipal
level by-laws, guidelines or policy related to land use, parks, land
development etc. that would be relevant to our work promoting shade and
trees?

The intent is to help make the connection between our agenda of
promoting shade, and the established standards that exist in
municipalities for municipal councillors - make it doable, relating to
existing expectations…where we can.

Regards,

_______________________

Rhea Dawn Mahar
School Ground Greening Consultant
Evergreen
tel:  (902) 424-3107
fax:  (902) 424-0732
Email:  maharrd at gov.ns.ca 

PO Box 481 CRO
Halifax, Nova Scotia  
Canada B3J 2R7

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