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Appendix 2
Overall purpose of green wedges

The following broad purposes apply to all green wedges. Melbourne 2030 outlines the key features and values of individual green wedges around metropolitan Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

Economic

  • provide opportunities for special uses including airfields, sewage works and other infrastructure that supports urban areas
  • safeguard the opportunity for productive agricultural uses
  • provide for tourism and other businesses based on the natural and cultural heritage of the region
  • protect and conserve the opportunity to use non-renewable resources such as sand and stone
  • encourage the development of a more compact city

Social

  • preserve the enriching and cultural significance of open rural and scenic landscapes, green spaces and non-urban land
  • provide recreation development opportunities
  • provide a physically separate identity for towns and communities near the metropolitan boundary

Environmental

  • protect natural areas which contribute to biodiversity and the environmental health of the city
  • provide opportunities for developing a network of parks and open spaces based on the natural and cultural heritage of the region
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