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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: THE ROLE OF BIODIVERSITY IN URBAN OPEN SPACE

Open space plays an essential role in the urban environment, providing opportunity for recreation, amenity and biodiversity. Areas of urban open space are under increased pressure from urbanisation and now must also confront a number of climate change impacts. Despite this, the biodiversity of these areas has the ability to naturally adapt over time to changes in climate and additional anthropogenic stress. Biodiversity intrinsically has the ability to respond to the future projections of the climate. Through effective strategies, biodiversity can be utilised as a catalyst to create resilient communities and minimise the negative impacts of a changed climate. This resilience provides an opportunity for urban open space areas to contribute to climate change adaptation.