Abstract
Malls Mire Local Nature Reserve, Glasgow’s first community woodland, is an interesting case study of a project that is aiming to impact all the pillars of sustainability, especially environmental protection and social equity through a community-led approach. Situated within the Toryglen area in the south of the city, the site has a varied history of agriculture, forestry, golf, and industrial development. It also has a legacy of associated pollution and dumping of waste materials. Urban Roots, the charity involved in the management of the site, has worked alongside Clyde Gateway and Glasgow City Council on a green infrastructure project. Funded through the European Regional Development Fund Green Infrastructure programme, administered through NatureScot, with additional resources from Sustrans, it has enabled large scale improvements at Malls Mire. The work which began in 2020 has connected greenspaces throughout Malls Mire, brought derelict land into positive management and also saw new Sustainable Drainage Systems ponds installed on site. The wide range of resulting benefits include improved access, increased personal safety, shared-use paths, better lighting, opportunities for outdoor recreation, education and volunteering as well as enhanced habitats and benefits for biodiversity and climate change adaptation.
Publisher
Glasgow Natural History Society
Subject
General Medicine,General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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