GREENWAYS:
Biolandscape Ltd. offers a full multi-disciplinary service in the planning, design, development and management of Greenways & Bushways, with the capacity to develop Greenway master plans and strategic action plans.
The planning and design of Greenway/Bushway systems includes a combination of conservation corridors, natural walkways, multi-use paved walkways, off-road cycle ways, equestrian trails and water trails.
A Greenway is a linear open space corridor in the built or natural environment, which provides or preserves biodiversity or other aspects of a sustainable environment and generally engages the community in recreational use, in cities, suburbs and rural areas.
The Auckland Greenways Project: Click on the link below to find out more.
Greenways are an opportunity for urban greening in cities and provide a useful tool to landscape plan a sustainable corridor. While Greenways can provide significant benefits in terms of sustainability, they can also enhance the landscape ecologically, economically and socially.
BUSHWAYS:
A Bushway is a corridor of protected open space that is managed for conservation and/or recreational purposes. Bushways are similar to the 'Greenway' concept, with the emphasis being upon the ecological aspects, and using New Zealand indigenous flora.
Biolandscape Ltd. believes that Bushways represents the next generation of conservation action, because it forges an important connection between land conservation and land use planning.
Traditional land conservation and green infrastructure planning both focus on environmental restoration and preservation, but Bushway Green Infrastructure also concentrates on the pace, shape, and location of development and its relationship to important natural resources and amenities. Unlike more conventional conservation approaches, Bushway Green Infrastructure strategies actively seek to promote more efficient and sustainable land use and development patterns, as well as protect natural ecosystems.
For further information refer to the Bushways brochure (Downloads).