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| ISSUE:
Metropolitan Open Space |
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| The CMA is experiencing
loss of open space with recreational and conservation value due to urban encroachment. |
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| The need to identify
well-located land for low-income housing. The desire for
upper income housing to locate in the best environments.
Occupation of well-located land by informal settlements.
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| A poorly developed open
space network exists in underprivileged areas. The location
of upper-income housing on mountain slopes.
Invasion of wetland areas by informal settlements and upper
income housing.
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| None at present. See a summary of all
Indicators on this website
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The following responses
are underway by CMC:
- The Metropolitan Spatial Development Framework (MSDF) includes a
Metropolitan Open Space System (MOSS) strategy to preserve an open space system.
- The preparation of Catchment Management Plans, which, inter
alia, will determine interim MOSS area demarcation and management guidelines.
- Detailed MOSS studies are being undertaken.
- The analysis of environmentally significant areas, including
ecosystems mapping of the CMA. This will provide the foundation for the finalisation of a
detailed MOSS in accordance with the MSDF.
- Funds are allocated for the acquisition of land for conservation
and recreational purposes in the MLCs.
- A GIS study of all proclaimed areas in the CMA has been completed.
- A planning database has been initiated to determine where
development pressures are occurring in the CMA.
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| Lobby local authorities
to maintain and conserve metropolitan open spaces. Petition
against developments that encroach on sensitive environments of the CMA.
Participate in initiatives that contribute to the creation, use
and maintenance of metropolitan open spaces.
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