15/01/2026
✨ Planning green corridors for long-term resilience
🌍 How do you build resilient landscapes at a regional scale?
This question guided MLA+’s contribution to the Green Corridor Planner Guidelines for the Almaty Agglomeration, developed with the The World Bank as part of a broader vision for a connected green network across Kazakhstan.
Almaty’s region spans dense urban areas, river valleys, steppes, and agricultural land. While rich in landscapes, these systems are often fragmented and increasingly exposed to climate risks.
☀️🌊 The challenges are clear.
Heat stress, flooding, desertification, and habitat fragmentation demand a coordinated, long-term response.
🎯 Our ambition
To turn green space into infrastructure and resilience into a shared regional asset.
➡️ How we approach it
The guidelines offer a structured and scalable framework that combines:
🌿 Spatial planning and landscape connectivity
💧 Ecological restoration and nature-based solutions
🌱 Climate adaptation strategies across urban and rural contexts
By translating complex environmental challenges into clear planning tools and design principles, the project supports decision-makers, planners, and communities in shaping landscapes that are resilient, multifunctional, and connected.
🌱 The goal is simple and ambitious at once
To transform fragmented green spaces into a continuous system that cools cities, supports biodiversity, and strengthens regional resilience.
Landscape as infrastructure.
Green as a long-term investment.
