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Parks and gardens hold key to cooling overheated cities (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

submitted 1 year ago by sheawoodrow@kbin.social to c/environment@beehaw.org

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Nature in urban settings can have huge impact on temperature and human behaviour, study shows

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[–] agegamon@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

At least here in north america, it'd really help if city designs aren't based on being surgically attached to cars. Parking lots and stroads are horrific uses of space, not to mention being dangerous and surprisingly ineffective (at least in the case of stroads).

The Dutch have it right. Cars are a viable and sometimes necessary method of transit, but there are far better ways to get around. And in exchange for sitting in traffic surrounded by empty parking lots and stroads, your city becomes more compatible with trees, grass, parks, and just nature in general.