LDF partner TreePeople is putting Los Angeles on track to be a climate resilient city by redefining
what urban infrastructure looks like.
Not exact matches
Reflective pavements have been considered as one of several strategies to mitigate
what are known as
urban heat islands, in which daytime temperatures rise due, in part, to dark, dry
infrastructure such as roads and buildings.
One thing about the rural /
urban question:
what excites me about the GMB idea is that you live where you want to live, within certain constraints (mostly the
infrastructure needed to produce your Brand of whatever).
Yu Gao, the China director for Landesa, a group working on land tenure issues, focused on the lack of
what he called «social
infrastructure» in China — mechanisms to protect the rights of those on the move in the country's great
urban migration.
The guide explains
what «green
infrastructure» means and why we need more of it, especially in the
urban context.
- Prioritization of pedestrian and bike traffic - Embedded mass transit
infrastructure - Clean energy generation - Rainwater harvesting and biofiltered water flowing throughout the city -
Urban agriculture and food production - A cell - like, self - organizing structure of neighborhoods (although exactly
what this means is a little unclear to me right now)- A focus on ethnic and cultural diversity
Looking beyond a construction project to other driving factors such as population growth, transportation,
infrastructure, demographics and
urban development can really help determine
what a long - term real estate investment will look like in 20 years.