these two advantages can help to transform
contemporary challenges into opportunities, and
will ensure that Perth continues to enjoy the
beneficial legacies of its rich environment and
cultural heritage.
As part of this enlightened approach, we can think
about green spaces in a new way. Perth’s setting
is to be reconceived as a green infrastructure
network, delivering a wide range of measurable
ecosystem services (benefits to people and
wildlife) and facilitating sustainable development.
By creating a broader baseline from which
environmental assets are valued, this approach
will help to address the cumulative effects of a
wide range of drivers, and limit the loss of natural
and cultural assets by attrition.