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More than half of the world's population is in cities, consuming a large portion of food and goods produced outside of cities. [8] The UN projects that 68% of the world population will live in urban areas by 2050. [5] In the year 2016, 31 mega-cities reported having at least 10 million in their population, 8 of which surpassed 20 million people ...
Kupittaa Park (Kupittaanpuisto) is a large urban open space area in Turku, Southwest Finland. It is the largest and oldest park in Finland. [1] [2] Asramam Maidan in Kollam city, India, is the largest open space available in any of the city limits in Kerala state. Washington Park in Troy, NY, U.S, an example of privately owned urban open space.
In Adelaide, South Australia (a city of 1.3 million people) Premier Mike Rann (2002 to 2011) launched an urban forest initiative in 2003 to plant 3 million native trees and shrubs by 2014 on 300 project sites across the metro area. The projects range from large habitat restoration projects to local biodiversity projects.
Large scale urban reforestation programs in the United States include New York City's Million Tree Initiative [11] and TreePeople in Los Angeles, which planted 1 million trees in preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics and continued planting thereafter. [1] In 2022, Boston announced a new forestry division to grow the tree canopy within the ...
A glimpse on the history of green urbanism of the U.S. as found in Karlenzig's, et al. ‘How Green is Your City’ book (2007, 06–07). The concept had a gradual start in the late 1800s, when some large cities of the United States (U.S.) started using advanced drinking water, sewage and sanitary systems.
A report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Growing greener cities in Africa, [16] states that market gardening – i.e. irrigated, commercial production of fruit and vegetables in areas designated for the purpose, or in other urban open spaces – is the single most important source of locally grown, fresh produce in 10 ...
The environmental impact of World War II turned urban areas around the world into shock cities. [2] Examples of impacted cities include Hiroshima , Chongqing , Stalingrad , and Dresden . [ 3 ] Environmental history first emerged as an academic research topic in the 1970s, focusing initially on rural areas . [ 4 ]
Mumbai being one of the world's most high risk cities to climate change, as it is a densely populated city with minimal green cover and open spaces is becoming warmer. A study noted that between 1980 and 2018, Mumbai lost 40% of green cover, 81% of open land, and estimated 30% of water bodies, while on the contrary a 66% rise has been observed ...