Modernizing cities! Out with the obviously dirty, depressingly ugly, cough-inducing, environmentally-damaging old. In with the sylvan new: vegetative proliferation, babbling brooks, micro-forest canopies, peddle-mobility, awardable aesthetic standards, puffed and proud exemplification of climate-friendly carbon capture.
Surely every citizen reaps what a healthier, environmentally conscious, city sews?
Maybe. . . but not necessarily equally.
A 28 city study by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, explored whether ‘greening’ a city necessarily means that all will be uplifted by the health and livability improvements.
Read more in physical.org: Greener cities promote social and climate inequalities: 28-city study
