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Vancouver (and to a lesser extent Seattle, Washington, DC & Atlanta) do a great job mixing the urban forest and density. Many European cities do as well. Living
by jdavis703 7y ago
Vancouver (and to a lesser extent Seattle, Washington, DC & Atlanta) do a great job mixing the urban forest and density. Many European cities do as well. Living in concrete boxes doesn't mean there has to be a dearth of trees. It's just most North American cities don't really invest in their trees (heck they don't even invest enough in our kids, so trees are pretty far down on the priority list).
- mrhappyunhappy 7y agoUrban planning in US cities is pretty shit. Even the “well planned” green cities could use a lot of work.
- seltzered_ 7y agoSome cities do have tree canopy goals and survey for tree cover, for example, here’s seattles website linking to some reports: http://www.seattle.gov/trees/canopycover.htm http://www.seattle.gov/trees/canopycover.htm And raw dataset: http://data-seattlecitygis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0b8c124ace214943ab0379623937eccb_6?geometry=-122.75%2C47.572%2C-121.942%2C47.734 http://data-seattlecitygis.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/0b8c... I remember seeing canopy goals in some southern cities as well, think it depends on bioregional factors along with citizen/cultural interest.
- davidjnelson 7y agoTotally agree about Seattle. Even downtown has a lot of large, beautiful trees. So pretty there.