Concepts underlying vision document

SPONGE COLLABORATIVE + WEAVING WITH WATER Team

MULLASSERY CANAL FRAMEWORK AND CANAL EDGE MASTERPLAN

Figure 11: Map showing the extent covered as part of Canal Edge Master Plan (Image Credit: Weaving with Water team)

Concepts underlying vision document

In order to achieve this common vision across agencies and sectors, planning, policy and design considerations have to be considered together at the precinct scale to ensure that there is an integrated approach to the Mullassery Canal Precinct Framework development strategy, and design strategies at the scale of the canal masterplan level as a starting point for the development of pilot projects that cohere to a holistic vision. Some of the toolkits and strategies that this vision will consider are as follows:

● Nature based solutions as a basis for canal rejuvenation: Showcase best practices for canal rejuvenation, bioremediation, and eco-restoration through nature-based solutions (NBS). This also involves shifting the focus of municipal and state governments from disaster risk reduction to resilience through NBS and blue-green infrastructure. ● Circular resource paradigm: Understanding the Mullassery Canal precinct from the perspective of a circular resource paradigm, one that considers processes and networks to create circular strategies to minimise and mitigate the carbon footprint of the precinct. ● Circular economy principles: Generating solutions for safeguarding livelihoods, undertaking solid waste management, resources, local economy and demarcating land use using a circular economy paradigm. ● 15-minute city - The idea of the 15 minute city, which seeks to provide access to all citizens, including the most vulnerable and economically weak sections, to basic public amenities within a 15 minute walking/bicycling or public transport radius, puts access to the city and mobility at the forefront. This is a concept that has been adapted into the Mullassery Canal Precinct Framework. ● Collaborative governance - The framework points towards a collaborative governance model for implementation, with built-in community participation mechanisms to identify sewage outfalls and formulate a solid waste management strategy in the precinct, transparent decision-making and multilevel stakeholder perspectives.

SPONGE COLLABORATIVE + WEAVING WITH WATER Team

MULLASSERY CANAL FRAMEWORK AND CANAL EDGE MASTERPLAN

● Restore the canal edge and bring visibility to the waterway to create an engaging space for its citizens, preventing neglect and apathy. This will innovate on the role of citizens in ownership and maintenance of the canal and its allied public spaces. ● Creating affordable housing in the precinct: By putting in place a foundation for future development of community-developed affordable housing integrated into the canalscape in a healthy symbiotic relationship with its surroundings. ● Creation of an Inclusive public realm:The design of streets and open spaces along the canal and in the precinct will be designed to be accessible to all, with a special focus on the needs of persons with disabilities and gender.