Sentences with phrase «more green space»

But the best part is the tiny footprint, which allows for more green space.

The vast majority also said they want to see more green space.

We also need to develop more green spaces, particularly in the most densely populated areas of the city.

«I applaud the administration for creating more green spaces in our city,» said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, chair of the Council Transportation Committee.

But one group is slowly taking back the land in an effort to create more green space and improve the local environment, by ripping up unwanted asphalt.

But it also calls for specific steps to make cities «cooler and greener,» such as more reflective and light - colored roofing to help reduce the «urban heat island» effect, as well as more green space such as parks, trees and «green roofs.»

He and three other Dalhousie architecture students built it to make a social statement - we need more green space.

Work with communities, non-profit organizations, and businesses to create and protect more green space in our urban and suburban areas;

He said a Niagara River Gorge improvement project in particular would reclaim more green space than any other development in the Falls since Frederick Law Olmsted designed the state park more than 125 years ago.

They said the development corporation's proposal lacks broad public support and threw their support behind a plan that scales back residential and commercial development in favor of more green space and public access to the waterfront.

One study that followed participants over five years found that moving to an area that has more green space increased participants» sense of well - being.

Researchers at Texas State University, for example, found that athletes» performances improved when they were surrounded by more green space.

The growth will bring more green space and additional walkways, which are being designed by landscape architect Jon Ahrens.

Planting more green spaces was presented as another component of the solution to climate change by Philip Bogdonoff from Biodiversity for Livable Planet.

Some of the hard - edged roads will be transformed into more green spaces and proper roadways.

Today, Birmingham has transformed itself into a medical research, banking and service - based economy, making it one of the nation's most livable cities with a vibrant downtown, a burgeoning loft community, a world - class culinary scene and more green space per capita than any other city in the nation.

The availability of affordable, larger properties with garages and more green space also appeal to buyers.

Nora Moreno, the Park District's director of communications, said the district is supportive of the need for more green space in Little Village.

While city dwellers are always clamoring for more green space, urban parks may not always be as «green» as they seem.

«Our entire community is excited to see more green space, especially when it takes advantage of our little used waterfront,» said City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez.

City planning director Randy Vinson asked the city of Covington to spend $ 1 million to buy up the empty lots there with the purpose to create more green space and parks and save the neighborhood from any further declines.

More green space is better than less.

New signs and more green space are just part of the Park District's proposed $ 300.9 million budget for 1997, which includes a record $ 88 million for new and upgraded facilities throughout the city, particularly in neighborhood parks, said General Supt. Forrest Claypool as he released the budget in a news conference at Union Park on the West Side.

If you start feeling better as spring begins pushing up its tender shoots, you might be living proof of a trend discovered in data from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin: The more green space in the neighborhood, the happier people reported feeling.

In addition, apparently, the more green space you live next to, the better you are at recovering from stress, as if the green space acts as an actual stress - buffering mechanism.

2007/04/23: CSM: New York City's mayor wants to turn the city green On Earth Day, Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced a plan for more green spaces, fees to drive in Manhattan, and improved mass transit

The village plans to enlarge and redesign the park with enhanced amenities and more green space.

The concept of «standard of living» rarely enters the environmental debate except as frankly rather spurious claims about how much better our lives would be if we had greater access to more green space.

Small buildings mean less materials, less energy to heat & cool and more green space.

«They were tongue in cheek as always, but their commenters were not: «These pansies want «more green space» blah blah blah and cars are the problem... blah blah blah... CO2 emissions blah blah blah.