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Maria Gurova

4 | These Sideways Skyscrapers Reimagine A City That's About Livability, Not Height Rec... - 0 views

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shared by Maria Gurova on 15 May 14 - No Cached
  • what if there was a kinder kind of high-rise?
  • PinkCloud.dk entered renderings that showed horizontal neighborhoods flipped on their sides
  • FLIP/CITY, green space would connect workplaces, shops, and residences for people of various incomes on a vertical scale.
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  • . The architects argued that flipping a landscape vertically, so that public space connects homes, schools, and workplaces within one building, would create more mixed use communities than high-rises with hundreds of rooms simply stacked on top of one another.
  • developers are rarely enthused about building diverse communities--often, it's more profitable for them to build new, luxury towers that act like gated communities for the rich. A project like FLIP/CITY would likely require political will, too, and zoning laws would have to adapt to the new mixed-use shapes and needs created by them.
  • Maria Gurova on 15 May 14
     
    another idea for a eco conscious city planning
alexbelov

China's Great GREEN Wall to stop climate change - 1 views

www.dailymail.co.uk/...alt-advancing-Gobi-Desert.html

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shared by alexbelov on 13 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Will China's Great GREEN Wall save the country from dust storms? 100 billion tree project could halt advancing Gobi Desert
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  • China is planting huge strips of trees to stop the Gobi DesertFor decades the desert has been advancing and causing serious dust storms in key cities such as BeijingSince 1978 the government has been planting trees to reverse the widespread deforestation that took place in ChinaNow a recent study suggests the project has been a successThey found increased vegetation and lower levels of dust storm intensityBy 2050 100 billion trees will be planted across a tenth of the country 
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  • ‘From this result, we infer that the implementation of the GGW programme has effectively decreased DSI by improving the vegetation conditions,’ they write.
  • alexbelov on 13 Nov 15
     
    Since 1978 China has been planting huge strips of trees to stop the Gobi Desert which is advancing to the key cities such as Beijing.The interim project results are positive. They will plant 100 billion trees across the country by 2050 to cover 1/10 of the country. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2874368/Will-China-s-Great-GREEN-Wall-save-country-dust-storms-100-billion-tree-project-halt-advancing-Gobi-Desert.html#ixzz3rMg1Prmb  Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Ekaterina Yanovskaya

Europe's Cities Resilient to Climate Change | Ecology Global Network - 0 views

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shared by Ekaterina Yanovskaya on 24 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Many cities are now facing impacts such as water scarcity, flooding and heatwaves, which are expected to become more frequent and intense than they are used to. Cities need to start investing in adaptation measures using ideas and best practice from around the world.
  • Climate change adaptation should be flexible to accommodate uncertainty
  • Adaptation should work with nature, not against it.
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  • Many adaptation measures can make cities more pleasant places to live. Malmö in Sweden manages rainwater flows with a new open storm-water-system. Here, green roofs and open water channels lead rainwater into collection points that form a temporary reservoir.
  • People also need to change behaviour in order to adapt.
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