Green Streets - Greater Manchester
Date: 2001 - Present
Evidence type: Delivery
Organisations: Manchester City Council, Northwest Regional Development Agency, Salford City Council, Trafford Council, United Utilities, Red Rose Forest
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Description
Green Streets uses greening projects to improve the quality of life for urban communities. From planting street trees, to creating communal green alleyways and living green walls, Green Streets works at the heart of the community with residents, businesses and partner organisations to promote the value of greening as a means of tackling a range of social, health and economic issues. Each community is different so Green Streets produces a sustainable tailor-made greening scheme to meet their specific needs.
The Red Rose Forest Green Streets Team has been working with local communities in Manchester and Trafford since 2001 and in Salford since 2003. Since then the project has been introduced to Merseyside and Teesside.
Key Messages
Creating a lush green back drop to the urban setting, enhancing the physical appearance of streets and detracting from problems such as graffiti and vandalism.
Green infrastructure type
Non-specific green infrastructure; General amenity space; Trees
Tackling environmental issues associated with city living such as air and noise pollution as well as providing a range of benefits to health and well being.
Green infrastructure type
Non-specific green infrastructure; General amenity space; Trees
Encouraging community interaction and improving community spirit by giving local people the opportunity to get involved in the design of their scheme and helping residents to lead on the consultation process.
Green infrastructure type
Non-specific green infrastructure; General amenity space; Trees
Fostering a sense of ownership in communities and empowering them to change their neighbourhoods for the better.
Green infrastructure type
Non-specific green infrastructure; General amenity space; Trees
Helping to manage climate change. Street trees not only act as a carbon sink for carbon dioxide, the transpiration process also has a cooling effect on local air temperatures, whilst leaves and branches provide vital shade.
Green infrastructure type
Non-specific green infrastructure; General amenity space; Trees
Climate change role/function
Carbon storage and sequestration; Managing high temperatures