What are 'green cities'?
Dear EarthTalk: What is the "green cities" movement? - John Moulton, Greenwich, Conn.
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News tagged with green cities
Back to the wild: how 'ungardening' took root in America
Retired union organizer Anna Burger lives by a busy road just a minute's walk from a metro station in the US capital Washington, but every morning she wakes up to a birdsong symphony.
Ecology
Aug 4, 2019
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Top smart cities are global cities, new research reveals
An unprecedented global study has analysed and ranked leading cities in the worldwide "smart city" phenomenon.
Other
Feb 20, 2019
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Trees found to reduce land surface area temperatures in cities up to 12°C
A team of researchers with the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, has found evidence that indicates that stands of trees can reduce land surface area temperatures in cities up to 12°C. In their paper ...
For green cities to become mainstream, we need to learn from local success stories and scale up
Greening our cities has become one of the great global imperatives of the 21st century including to tackle climate change. And Australia's sprawling car-based cities are gradually changing to embrace green or living infrastructure.
Environment
Jul 9, 2019
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How warm weather or bright lights can influence tree greening
Lin Meng has been named the grand prize winner of this year's Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for research she conducted on how both global warming and bright city lights can impact phenology in trees (when ...
Study shows how urban agriculture can push the sustainability of Phoenix
A community garden occupies a diminutive dirt lot in Phoenix. Rows of raised garden beds offer up basil, watermelons and corn, making this patch of land an agricultural oasis in a desert city of 1.5 million people. In fact, ...
Environment
Sep 30, 2019
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Income, race are associated with disparities in access to green spaces
Access to green spaces in metro areas—parks, trails, even the tree cover in a neighborhood—is largely associated with income and race, new research indicates.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2020
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San Francisco vs Amsterdam in green city rivalry
San Francisco and Amsterdam set an online stage for an environmental rivalry regarding which city is more nature-friendly.
Environment
Dec 2, 2009
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How cities can add accessible green space in a post-coronavirus world
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments to weigh the benefits of keeping green spaces open against the public health concerns that come from their use. During the pandemic, playgrounds have been taped off, parks locked ...
Environment
Jun 12, 2020
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