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URBAN HEAT MAPPING
Whilst Adelaide was sweltering in the heat recently, spare a
thought for the researchers from Flinders University who were
3km up in the air in a tiny (even hotter!) plane.
They spent a day flying backwards and forwards across City of
PAE, City Of Charles Sturt and City of West Torrens to gather
vital heat mapping data for the AdaptWest Project.
The data will help us to investigate the impact of
neighbourhood urban form on its microclimate in order to
enable more effective planning for community health and
wellbeing across theWestern Adelaide Region.
The data will help us to identify key factors which influence
temperatures across the city at the local scale, such as urban
design, areas of green space or water, and spatial geometry.
The flight path consisted of 32 parallel flight lines, spaced 600m
apart which covered all of the City of PAE.
DRAFT ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY
One of the five goals of our City Plan 2030 is to create a ‘city
that cares for its natural environment and heritage’.
The Draft Environment Strategy 2022 is the leading strategy
under this goal.The Draft Strategy identifies the key
environmental challenges and opportunities that our city will
face over the next decade and the actions can be taken to
protect and improve our wonderful natural environment
and heritage.
Using evidence from our State of the Environment 2012
Report and drawing on local knowledge and an analysis of state
and national policy, the strategy focuses on the following five
key challenges and priorities for action:
• Identifying and progressing economic opportunities that
support the environment, including green industries and
nature based tourism
• Enabling and supporting greater community engagement
and participation in environmental programs and advocacy
• Ensuring provision of open space, green infrastructure
and trees in a period of intensified and higher density
development
• Managing coastal development to ensure coastal
ecosystem protection and enhancement
• Building adaptation to the projected impacts of climate
change, including increased inundation and heatwaves.
Any comments on the Draft Environment Strategy 2020 will
help shape the final strategy, which is due to be considered
by Council in April read the draft strategy in full
please visit
DRAFT
2022
Environment Strategy
A City which cares for its natural environment and heritage ENVIRONMENT
DRAFT
DRAFT
Urban Heat Mapping