Tagged ‘Landscape And Urban Planning’

  • Saving the Urban Canopy

    Denver, Toronto | 01/25/2013 10:25am | Comments
    Leda Marritz | Next City

    U.S. cities are losing around 4 million trees each year, but increasingly local governments are imposing soil minimums to help stem the tide. Here’s a look at four such policies.

  • Urban Trees: Let’s Grow Old Together

    Dublin, Ohio | 10/10/2012 7:00am | Comments
    Leda Marritz | Next City

    Mature urban trees are known to reduce crime, improve air quality and save energy. Many local policies focus on the number of trees that get planted, rather than the quality. But that’s not the case everywhere, and explains why places like Dublin, Ohio will have a healthy urban forest for years to come.